One thing that is quite clear today is that no one should be accepting the status quo and everyone should be encouraged to challenge it.
BY JOHN R. LATHAM
Being reminded recently of the name change of the Library Management Division to the Leadership & Management Division made me think about leading and managing and how our roles now seem to require both at the same time. In researching these two roles I came across Warren Bennis' 13 differences between leaders and managers. I do not intend to consider all 13 and I am not sure that I agree with all his differentiations. Moreover, after looking at them I came to the conclusion that, as information professionals, library directors or managers, many of the differences are no longer clear.
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