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| Business Management |Are You a Leader? A Manager?Or Both?By Mary Field| You might think that leading and managing are the same thing but think again. Does a good leadernecessarily have to be a good manager? It would be useful if one person could wear those twodifferent hats but it’s not absolutely necessary. Leading and managing are essentially two differentways of organizing and administering.A good leader is a visionary who recognizes trends,identifies opportunities, and encourages change where changeis appropriate. A good leader is able to think ‘sideways’, tochallenge common thinking and originate new concepts. Agood leader questions, “Why do we do things this way insteadof that way?” The hallmark of a good leader is the ability todraw people to an idea and motivate them to rally to a cause.Pick the name of somebody you consider a good leaderand examine why you made that choice. Here’s an example.Winston Churchill is on Time Magazine’s list of the top 100most important leaders and revolutionaries of the 20 thcentury. Many people believe it was Churchill who won theSecond World War single-handedly because his speeches tothe people were so inspirational. He kept their spirits up inspite of bombing, deprivation and a growing body count.Read, for example, the lines of his famous speechfollowing the British defeat at Dunkirk:"We shall not flag or fail. We shall go on to the end. Weshall fight in France, we shall fight on the seas and oceans, weshall fight with growing confidence and growing strength inthe air. We shall defend our island, whatever the cost may be.We shall fight on the beaches, we shall fight on the landinggrounds,we shall fight in the fields and in the streets, we shallfight in the hills. We shall never surrender!"24VISION | jul_aug | 2007