Thinking about Managers and Leaders

Thinking about Managers and Leaders

dentify a manager or leader within your current or past employment.

• Think about them in terms of the following areas:
  • What is the difference between a leader and a manager?
  • Techniques they use(d) to manage and lead their employees
  • What are (were) their best managing and leadership skills
  • Strategies they use(d ) to motivate their employees
  • How effective were they as a leader or manager and why do you think that?
  • What characteristics do they have that you would like to emulate and what do you not want to emulate and why?

• Write a paper of approximately 3 pages on the following topics using your thoughts from the areas above.
  • Importance and impact of good leadership and management skills
  • Key strategies used to lead and manage various types of employees
  • The application of the insights learned within the following environments:
    • Your current field of study
    • Your current employment

• Include a minimum of two sources

Solution Preview

Leadership and Management

Introduction

            A leader is someone who influences people to follow in the achievement of a particular goal while a manager is someone who has people work for him or her. For a manager to be successful he or she must have leadership skills. Leadership skills such as communication, motivation, positivity, trustworthiness, creativity, responsibility, delegation and feedback enable the manager in leading his employees through management skills such as planning, directing, coordinating and overseeing of the execution of the organization’s duties and achievement of the organization’s goals (Renz, 2016). 

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