I apologise for not realising that the comments were supposed to be posted in a separate post. I have been responding to my co-students’ post on the comment section in their blogs

This is in response to Riggisonilap’ s question whether the distinction between leader and manager is different ?

Here is the link to their post –

Assigned and Emergent Leaders / Leadership and Management

I think this distinction between a leader and manager is relevant, because even though sometimes their duties might overlap, their overall roles in an organization are different. As you mentioned in your , ‘ people are differently gifted’ ; I would like to add that they are differently trained and might have different perspectives. I see the reason for this distinction at work everyday, where the team leader lays out his vision for the organization, and the manager makes sure the individual roles are carried out ( amongst the myriad other duties both of them perform