| Developing Leadership
- manager vs leader Leadership is
more than just being a manager. Many people believe a management
position automatically puts them in a leadership position because
they were hired or promoted to the position. We hate to burst their
bubble, but they would be wrong. While in the past it may be true
that most managers were good workers and they were promoted for
that reason. In the evolving workforce, today's leadership roles
are not just someone in a managers role, they are someone others
seek out for directions, decisions and motivation.
In many businesses today the "leadership role"
may not even be known to the business owner or upper management.
You may ask, how can this be? Consider the following.
Many managers just enforce existing policies, procedures
and try to keep people motivated. But today’s employees have
grown tired of the "Hang In There" and "Teamwork"
posters businesses use to boost morale. Most employees see this
as very transparent and even somewhat demeaning to them.
What's so different about a leader? Leadership
provides direction, a vision of the future, communicates well with
all and has people that want to follow them, regardless of their
official position or title. Leadership inspires people naturally
because a leader knows that each individual must be communicated
with using a way specific to that individual style.
Not all people hear your message the same way, so your
message must be in a way that has meaning to them. True leadership
builds trust and this trust creates followers, which is what separates
a leader from a manager - true leaders have followers because they
want to follow, not because they have to.
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