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Hello, Can you assist me with responding to my classmate’s posts…
Hello, Can you assist me with responding to my classmate’s posts below?
Post 1
A leader is someone who has a following and can inspire, encourage, and support others in achieving their objectives. Meanwhile, a manager is someone in a position of authority who wields power, supervises subordinates, and issues directives.
Years ago, I had a manager who excelled at giving orders and setting short-term goals for our team. However, he was reactive and didn’t focus on long-term strategies. He gave us strict directions and threatened job loss if we failed to meet our goals. Despite our initial success, our performance eventually declined, and the manager was fired.
In my own experience, influential leaders are those who can encourage and ignite their team’s desire to exceed their own limitations. They are open to seeking input or guidance from their subordinates, and they also prioritize the training and development of future leaders.
The question of whether leaders are born or made is difficult to answer, but I believe anyone can enhance their management or leadership skills with a strong desire to do so.
Post 2
According to the video by Max McKeown, the main difference between a leader and a manager is the ability to think strategically. In my professional experience, I believe he is right. I have had several different managers over the years but only a few meaningful leaders. To be a great manager, you need to be able to achieve a long-term goal by following the day-to-day activities that will get you there. Monitoring and controlling costs is an example of what a great manager does. They are great with follow up, upholding policies, and following orders. Planning and budgeting routines are also something that great managers follow (Bateman, Snell, & Konopaske 2020). I have had a few managers who get things done not because they inspire people but because they are taskmasters. They are great at following a plan and getting others to follow along also.
Great leaders are the ones creating visions for companies and getting people to follow them. Steve Jobs was a great example of this. He wasn’t a great coder or technical guru, but he knew how to brainstorm new ideas and inspire a workforce at Apple to follow in his vision. Great leaders are also needed in times of needing to implement change in a company (Bateman, Snell, & Konopaske 2020). When companies reach crossroads and make big adjustments, people need to be able to trust the new vision. Great leaders bring about that trust in the managers and employees who work for them.
I believe there are a lot of things you can teach a good manager about how to be a leader but there are some things that are intrinsic in great leaders. The willingness to take risks and charisma are a couple things that all great leaders possess that are not able to be taught.
