Management

I was talking to a friend some weeks ago, who had just been offered a promotion. It will see him move from being the manager of a small division to Head of several divisions. This will transform him into a ‘leader’ for these divisions rather than a manager of any one of them.                 

This got me thinking. What will the difference be between his present role and that of being a leader? And then I remembered something I’d read  in the past. (I’d love to attribute this to the actual author but I just can’t remember who is). 

“A leader is someone who creates the right environment for the manager to make things work”.         

I love this quote. Short, sweet and to the point. it suggests a symbiotic relationship; both parties are dependent on each other, neither being successful in their role without the other. It also suggests that a different skills set is going to be required to be successful. We’ll explore this further in subsequent blogs. pj