Leaders V Managers

The Slippery Slope · Mar 14, 2022 · 7m

At the moment in Australia we are seeing a rollout of natural disasters. And with the cleanup of devastated towns like Lismore we are now seeing the bureaucrats and politicians playing the blame game.

It reminded me of a conversation a colleague about the difference between Managers and Leaders. Within a government agency people are trained to be managers, but rarely do any of these trained managers become leaders. And this is the issue we are seeing within the Australian political system and the plethora of government agencies.

You see, our government agencies are overseen by managers, and…