Have you ever heard one of the following?
“Are you referring to leadership or management?”
“I don’t do management training, I do leadership development training.”
“We have a great group of managers. They really know how to execute. We just need more good leaders.”
Why do we have a need to separate management and leadership? To be a good manager, one needs to have leadership skills and values, and vice versa.
How many effective managers are poor listeners? How many good leaders don’t complete things when they say they will? In the real world, the fundamental characteristics of both leadership and management overlap considerably. Good managers lead people, and as good managers/leaders grow, they typically acquire the skills of higher level managers/leaders.