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Leaders are always measured by their performance. The influence they have had on other people is the summary of their leadership. The best leaders are adders and multipliers as seen in their actions and decisions. They are unselfish and make the best of others. This means that a leader cannot exist with his or her followers. In this relationship, the [...]

An inspiring leader communicates with the group. It is one thing to just lay out plans and give commands. It is another to enjoin the people to collectively carry out plans and create an atmosphere of responsibility and accountability. A good leader inspires people to move and act by clearly explaining the rudiments of plans and actions, as well as [...]

The visionary quality of a leader is another qualification that comes as a strong preference of followers. They want a leader who has the capacity in delineating plans to achieve organizational goals and objectives. This is leadership direction. This also translates to the leader’s concern for the organization. The people interpret this as a leader [...]

A good leader worthy of loyal following is fundamentally honest. This translates to the corollary qualities of being truthful, ethical, and principled. There is no escaping the fact that the only way to gain people’s trust and confidence is for a leader to have integrity and character. People can only believe the leader that they can trust. A leader [...]

There are a lot of managers but very few leaders. The difference between managers and leaders is the method they use on their followers or subordinates. How they motivate people to believe in them and follow their orders determines the quality of how they conduct the activities at their level. In other words, how a person engages other people for the [...]

The debate over leadership versus management will not help organizations as this debate only produces useless stereotypes. Leadership and management are both important, but they seek to do different things. Management has the inherent implication that if the organization is doing well, little or no change is needed. However, the business environments [...]

Managers have subordinates that they can pass on and delegate a breakdown of the main tasks to. They also have authority to carry out the goals of the organization in either an authoritarian way where the subordinates can act as robots or in a transactional way where he makes sure that following orders has its rewards. The essence of a manager is stability [...]

Managers manage organizational resources, timelines, and logistics. Leaders influence people and sway their attitudes and behavior towards what will make the organization more efficient and effective. Managers take on the job that mandates and necessitates planning, organizing, control, coordination, directing, budgeting, strategizing, making decisions, [...]