Managing vs. Leading: What’s the Difference?

This week on the Programming Leadership podcast, host Marcus Blankenship shares his core beliefs about what it truly means to be a manager. He discusses the differences between the management and leadership and highlights key aspects of leadership that inspires anyone, regardless of job title or natural born talents, to step up and lead with confidence.

Show Notes

• It’s important to find out what it takes to be a great leader, even if you never get promoted to manager. And that’s exactly what the the Programming Leadership podcast will help you figure out.
• Management is about things and processes, whereas leadership focuses on people — empowering and unleashing others to help them reach their highest potential.
• Author Gerald Weinberg describes leadership as, “creating an environment where everyone can participate in solving the most important problems.” Read more from his book, Becoming a Technical Leader.
• Two important things to remember about leadership: 1) Leadership is a skill that can be learned and 2) Leadership is about building (high-quality) relationships.

Links:

• Book recommendation: Becoming a Technical Leader by Gerald Weinberg
• Book recommendation: Mindset by Carol S. Dweck, Ph.D.
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