Mark FjellmanPM III| TE ConnectivityMn, United States
Managers make sure whatever you do, you do things right. Leaders make sure you are doing the right things in the first place. Saving Changes...
Lonnie PacelliAuthor & President| ProjectManagementAdvisor.comBellevue, Wa, United States
Good question and some really good responses here.
A great leader is when people follow you because they choose to, not because they have to.
A great leader can either be a thought leader, people leader, or in some cases both. You've probably known someone who may have been a stellar subject matter expert then when "promoted" to a people leadership role crashed and burned because he/she wasn't a people leader.
Someone can be a great taskmaster but not inspire others as you would expect a leader to do. I would call that type of person a project administrator. The project manager needs to understand project administration (through doing it at some point in his/her career) to know how to best structure a project for success.
So, the best project manager combines thought leadership, people, leadership, and and understanding of project administration into one package.
Not a direct management/leadership answer but more a decomposition of what leadership and mechanics make a great PM. Saving Changes...
Sripriya NarayanasamyAuthor, Say Yes to Project Success| Director, KeyResultzChennai, Tamilnadu, India
A Manager manages the project, whereas the leader leads by example. He shows how to do things rather than asking to do Saving Changes...
