3. Explain about the personal challenges involved in becoming a manager and a
leader in today's turbulent environment.
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Answer:
Leaders and managers are usually different people, and the one skill-set is not a requirement of the other.
A leader is someone who has the respect of those who are subject to his or her decisions, for better or for worse. A manager must earn respect by being firm, fair, and consistent.
Leaders need managers to keep order in the organization. Managers can often keep things going in the absence of leaders. Leaders rarely can keep things going without managers.
A good leader is one who keeps vigilance over the mission statement, sets the goals, and monitors the managers’ effectiveness in carrying out the objectives. Good leaders inspire the staff, which is to say, help the staff to internalize the desire to achieve the mission. As such, good leaders almost always are good communicators.
Good leaders generally are charismatic and have a broad and comprehensive knowledge of the history of the field. Good managers usually know the strengths, weaknesses, and idiosyncrasies of each member of the staff and work with each as individuals to maximize effectiveness. Good managers know how to combine personality types for effective problem-solving.
Both good leaders and good managers focus on continuing education and development for all members of the staff. They view discipline as a normal, non-threatening, and positive attribute of the organization. They see staff failures as leadership failures.
Both good leaders and good managers learn from each failure by studying what happened and implementing corrections that find success.
Both good leaders and good managers give reinforcement at a ratio of about nine positives to every one negative.