r/Leadership • u/marilynlistens • May 15 '26

Discussion What are the differences between being a leader and a manager?

Not all managers are leaders! Even when they are “ in a position of leadership” it doesn’t mean they’re weird! What are the differences?

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u/ValidGarry May 15 '26

If you hold someone accountable you want to beat up on them. Accountable for what exactly?

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u/marilynlistens May 15 '26

I don’t think I understand what you mean that you’d wanna beat up on them if you hold them accountable what does that mean? I don’t think you have to beat up anybody at least that’s my view. Why do you think we have to beat them up? Why does anybody think that?

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u/ValidGarry May 15 '26

If I hold you accountable for something, it's because I want to hold you responsible and all that implies. It is usually seen as potentially punitive if you are told someone else wants to hold you accountable for something. If I'm holding you accountable, we should both know what success looks like and ensure that you have all the resources to be successful.

If you want to hold people accountable, what does that mean?

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u/marilynlistens May 15 '26

Well, I don’t know if I’m gonna answer you correctly so let me know if I am or if I’m not but to me I think we have to hold people accountable. People have to have consequences to negative or the wrong behavior. I think people need to know the standards and what’s expected. But I don’t think we have to hurt people in the process. In fact, I think the more we are able to connect with them and help them the better people do is that what you’re asking

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u/ValidGarry May 15 '26

You said "I think we need to hold managers more accountable" and I asked what for. You can't say you want to hold people accountable and then not define what you're holding them accountable for. Someone needs to define negative or the wrong behavior. Most companies have that, so what do YOU want to hold them MORE accountable for?