What comes to mind when you think of a manager? How about a leader? Are they the same, or different?

Late last year, I participated in a panel discussion about leadership in geographic information systems (GIS) at the Women in GIS Arizona fall meeting. It was a fantastic discussion about careers in GIS and how we, the panelists, ended up in our roles, but it also was a discussion about leadership and what leadership is — and is not.

Two of the women on the panel, including me, spoke about making the choice to step away from managerial roles, but as we both discussed, continue to be leaders in our field. The conversation got me thinking about what leadership is and what we mean when we say “leadership.”

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