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Leading and
managing: what’s
the link?
CHAPTER ONE
Have you ever wondered about the relationship between leading and man-
aging? You will probably have given it some thought, because everyone in
your shoes does. Is leadership a function of management, or the other way
round? Are they complementary or mutually exclusive? Is a manager a
leader, or a leader a manager? Such questions are common and although a
bit abstract, the answers are central to building a leadership mindset. So,
you do need to consider them, but
we will avoid getting too technical
about it at the same time.
Differentiating leading from managing is never easy because the distinc-
tions ...