To be a good Leader !!!

We recently had our union inauguration and one of the speakers was Ms. Sheeta l Soni, Country Cha n n e l Manage r, I BM I ndia, Pune. The fi rst t hi ng she did was to probe t his question. W h a t ' s the dif f erence between a l eader and a manag e r ? A leader e n gages w i t h the team and w o r ks w i th them whereas a manager just del egates tasks. A l eader h a s c redibility and a c coun t a b i l i ty as we ll as t h e c apa ci ty to translate vi sion int o r eal i ty. Leadership i s a skill as it involves taking responsibility over the team ' s success or failure unlike that of a manager who would bask in the limelight incase of success but would happily play the blame gam e i ncase of failure. Th i s makes a person feel safe w i th a leader leaving them to volunteer to work under a leader rather than being frustrated owing to the sense of...