What do you think about buckley's statement that leaders and managers differ? do you agree

Growing Leaders ow important are excellent leaders to organizations? If you were to ask the recently retired 3M CEO George -Buckley, he'd say extremely important. But he'd of the last four years and ranks as one of the top 25 companies 3M's leadership development program is so effective that it has been one of the "Top 20 Companies for Leadership" in three also say that excellent leaders don't just pop up out of nowhere. for grooming lendership talent according to Hay Consulting Group and Fortune magazine. ers who have the skills and abili- Excellent leaders have to be what is 3M's leadership pro- ties to help it survive and thrive. developed and cultivated. Bam all abour? About 10 years A company has to cultivate lead- ago, the company's fomer CEO (Jim McNemey, who is now statistics that has a player development plan in place, 3M has Boeing's CEO) and his top team spent 18 months developing a its own farm system. Except its farm system is designed to de new leadership model for the company. After numerous brain- storming sessions and much heated debate, the group finally And like a successful baseball team with strong performance velop company leaders. agreed on six "leadership attributes" that they believed were es- sential for the company to become skilled at executing strategy surrounding himself with people who were top-notch performers. and being accountable. Those six attributes included the ability Although some leaders might be threatened by that, he said it was Finally, Buckley's own leadership style was more focused on to: develop a plan and implement that plan; motivate and rouse important for a leader to have a level of "emotional self-confidence" others; be ethical and trustworthy and abide by the rules; achieve that would embrace the talent around you. When a leader admires outcomes; strive for excellence; and be a capable and creative in- what his team is able to do, those team members respect and trust novator. And under Buckley's guidance and continued under the the leader. And it must be working as the company was ranked num- leadership of newly appointed CEO Inge Thulin, the company ber 21 on Fortune's most admired global companies list for 2013. is continuing and reinforcing its pursuit of leadership excellence with these six attributes. When asked about his views on leadership, Buckley said that he believes leaders differ from managers. While a manager is more focused on getting things done according to a plan, a leader is all about encouraging and motivating and inspiring workers. He believes that the key to developing leaders is to fo- cus on those things that can be developed-like strategic think- ing. Buckley also believes that leaders should not be promoted up and through the organization too quickly. Thay need time to experience failures and what it takes to rebuild.