Critically discuss the statement of all managers are leaders but not all leaders are necessarily managers
... Some said that leading and managing involve separate and distinct behaviours and activities, others stated that leadership is just one aspect of what a manager does, certainly not all of it. The statement “all managers are leaders (or should be) but not all leaders are necessarily managers” seems to be both true and false. In order to determine whether the statement is correct or not, the differences between a Manager and a Leader must first be clearly understood, or more precisely, the roles of a Manager and a Leader in an organization must be distinguished. Critically discuss the statement We believe that the statement “all managers are leaders (or should be) but not all leaders are necessarily managers” is only partially correct. The reason being that the statement can be broken into two smaller statements and one of them is correct while the other is incorrect. ... All managers are leaders, and 2. Not all leaders are necessarily managers All managers are leaders We believe the first statement is incorrect as we believe that not all managers are leaders.