What’s the difference between leadership and management? Is leadership just a fashionable term for describing the kinds of things we want the managers in our organisation to do, or are the skills and behaviours of a leader utterly different to the skills and behaviours of a manager?

Marcus Buckingham, author of best selling business books First, Break All the Rules and Now, Discover your Strengths, certainly takes the view that leaders and managers are completely different beasts. He spelled out the differences to an international audience of CEOs, L&D specialists and me at a masterclass in London last month.

Here’s what he had to say. Leaders know that all human beings share one thing in common – fear of the future. A leader is a person who can communicate their vision for the future so clearly and so passionately that people believe that it can be achieved. Leaders are utterly clear about who they serve, the strengths of their organisation, how to measure progress and the key actions they must take.

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