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title: "What Makes a GREAT Leader? Are You Actually Managing or Leading Your Team?"
url: https://burnaze.com/article/ea46b064-5323-4f75-88b5-65723ed7de14
source: "1851 Franchise"
original_url: https://1851franchise.com/what-makes-a-great-leader-are-you-actually-managing-or-leading-your-team-2713061
category: "General"
published: 2020-05-12T19:14:02.000Z
modified: 2026-11-01T01:59:37.655Z
image: https://newimage.1851franchise.com/cdn-cgi/image/quality=85,format=webp,width=1280,height=720/story/featureImage/7a12a6192a2fba2d660e83442ca90fef2724.jpg
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# What Makes a GREAT Leader? Are You Actually Managing or Leading Your Team?

**TL;DR:** A podcast interview with Scott Stanfield discusses the traits of great leaders and the difference between managing and leading a team. The interview covers topics such as being real and vulnerable, and owning mistakes.

*originally published in 1851 Franchise on 2020-05-12. [Read the original](https://1851franchise.com/what-makes-a-great-leader-are-you-actually-managing-or-leading-your-team-2713061).*

## Story

Before the pandemic arrived, I had the pleasure of joining podcast host and The Restaurant GM Coach Scott Stanfield on his podcast, The Restaurant General Manager Podcast.

- The common traits of the best general managers

- The difference between managing vs leading

- Being real and vulnerable

- The power of owning your mistakes and being human.

When you have some free time, take a listen! I have lots of (extra) energy in this interview ;) and hope you find some value in what we chatted about.

## Entities

- 1851 Franchise (publication)
- General (sector)
- leadership development (topic)
- team management (topic)
- podcast interview (topic)

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Originally reported by 1851 Franchise (https://1851franchise.com/what-makes-a-great-leader-are-you-actually-managing-or-leading-your-team-2713061). Summarized by Burnaze (https://burnaze.com/article/ea46b064-5323-4f75-88b5-65723ed7de14).