Am I a Leader or a Manager?
In this blog, I will provide my view on what it means being a manager and what does it mean being a leader.
Many young managers are given a title of Engineering Manager or Development Manager or Software Development Manager etc. and they are told to showcase leadership qaulities in what they do.
For some this creates confusion. The designation is related to being a manager, then, why I need to showcase leadership qualities?
The reason for the confusion between a leader and manager is because leader is always looked as someone who is in higher roles in management but not somebody from middle management.
Is this true? Is there a real difference between a leader and manager? And whether a manager can be a leader?
In this blog, I will attempt to simplify the differences between a leader and a manager.
The context
In an organisation or a company various roles are hired to make sure the companies vision and mission can be achieved.
To achieve the vision and mission of a company there will be different functions created in form of business units. These functions in-turn try to align to the vision and mission of the company and perform their…
