Suzy Welch came up with the idea of the lanager to avoid using the terms leader and manager. Being a good lanager, she says, requires a sense of balance and an ability to quickly pivot from the big idea to the micro task and back again.
Source: Big Think+, May 20, 2025. Link. [6:05] Nobody likes making a tough decision, but a great lanager is someone who has trained themselves to work through it all and considering all the elements they can possibly account for . . . make a decision.
It’s only academics who debate what leaders do versus what managers do. And I actually believe, from living in the real world of business, that there’s really a blend of those two jobs in real life.” – Suzy Welch