[ern]

This “manager” vs “leader” thing is slightly overdone in general.

A manager who doesn’t lead will end up the issues raised in the article.

A leader who can’t manage will face administrative chaos.

[jama211]

I’m not sure that refutes anything in the article

[sakjur]

It nuances ”leader” and ”manager” from something you are to descriptions of problem-solving toolkits when dealing with people.

In that sense it could be reconstructed as ”soft power mode” and ”hard power mode” where the former inspires confidence and encourages creativity and the latter emphasizes compliance and alignment. Any person in a position of power will utilize strategies that could be seen as signs of either mode depending on the situation.

[IncreasePosts]

1 thing that leaders do that managers never do: Call themselves leaders

[ayntkilove]

Rather a manager mentality in a leadership role calls themselves a leader. True leaders rarely have to assert this notion, it is naturally assumed and respected by those around them. The world is awash with people ill-suited to "leading" people leading people. We are all suffering the overburdening of society with the "educated".

[danparsonson]

Actually based on the characterisation here, that's one thing that managers do that leaders don't