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Hi! I'm Michael.

Welcome to this week's useletter.

The newsletter that's useful. Focussed on your future not my past.

I think you’re awesome.

Really I do.

I send out these useletters never sure they’ll be read, whether they’ll turn out to be useful, or if those ripples will spread. And frankly, it’s pretty damn awesome that you’re here reading it. It makes it worthwhile. Thanks.

Having said that…

Right now I’m neck deep in a research project and I don’t have a lot of time to write this one. It’s short and hopefully sweet. It's a little something I came across in my research.

I'm sharing a definition I found on how to differentiate a leader and a manager. I have my own distinction, but I thought this one was pretty fab.

So this fortnight, it’s a cage fight: leader versus manager!

I (still) got you.

PS: For the curious, you'll likely hear more about my current research, but I don’t want to pre-empt for now!

Cage fight: leader v manager

Management and leadership are often conflated or one substituted for the other.

It’s important to understand the difference between the two.

Management is the process of planning and control, while

Leadership is the process of people working to achieve something together.

Source: “What Is Leadership?” - Centre for Creative Leadership

Whilst minor tweaks could be made to those definitions, I really dug their simplicity in contrast to the other.

Noting too, both are valuable roles and it’s possible for someone to be good at both.

And yes, perhaps the title was click baity. Apologies, I couldn’t resist.

I also recommend the linked article. It’s a 20 minute read and worth the time if you want to understand more about leadership. It’s easy to digest and packs a lot in.

You got this.

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