When I talk to leaders I get the feeling that I am important

I posted this saying on Pinterest months ago in my "Leadership" board and practically every day it's one of my pins that gets repinned.  For me, this repinning feels like someone is yelling at a manager out there who hasn't figured out that leadership is the key to humanizing the workplace and to optimizing performance through people, ultimately increasing the bottom line for the organization.

When I ask people the traits of their best bosses, the following come up routinely:

Integrity (linked to accountability), honesty, has my back, teaches, shares, recognizes my accomplishments, challenges me to develop, cares about me as a person, ...

Remember that no matter how effective you are at managing the organization, it's the people that are essential to your success!  Employees where both leaders and managers are effective are much more likely to be highly engaged (72%).  Effective leadership beats effective management for employee engagement (35% are highly engaged with effective leadership compared with 23% for effective management)  Source: Towers Watson 2014 Global Study.

"Management consists of controlling a group or a set of entities to accomplish a goal. Leadership refers to an individual’s ability to influence, motivate, and enable others to contribute toward organizational success. Influence and inspiration separate leaders from managers, not power and control." See "Three differences between managers and leaders" by Vineet Nayar at HBR.org https://hbr.org/2013/08/tests-of-a-leadership-transiti