you struggle with appreciating the differences in your team, you might be more of a leader than a manager. Managing is about differences; leading is about sameness. Great managers discover what is different about people and capitalize on it. Great leaders discover what is universal, build a common vision for a better future around it, and then rally people behind it. (Marcus Buckingham, this time in his book The One Thing You Need to Know … About Great Managing, Great Leading, and Sustained Individual Success, explains this difference between managing and leading.)
