Leadership and Management: A Comparative Analysis of Successful Leaders

This document explores the definitions of leadership and management, compares successful leaders, and analyzes their critical skills and behaviors. It includes a case study on Farmfoods Limited, a supermarket company based in Scotland.

Leadership and Management

Table of Contents
Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
Critically evaluate the contemporary definitions of leadership and management.................1
Critically compare what makes leader distinctly successful..................................................3
Critical comparison of three key contemporary leader and analyse the critical skills and
behaviour of successful leaders..............................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..............................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES..............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
The leadership and management are the different aspects that are more related to the
various styles that are used by the leader and the manager that get associated with the company.
It helps to make the better change within the business by improvising the working capability of
the employee that brings positive in the ability and the skills that helps to gain better advantage.
These both are more vital for the growth and development of the business and this will support to
induce more innovation and the define set of ideas by which all the work will get superior
(Alhefiti, 2019). They help the employee to get easily accept the change that emphasis the ability
and attitude of the employee towards their goals and job specification. The leaders are the one
that brings more supportive impact under which they will have make reflective changes by which
the aptitude and talent of the employee will get improved. On the other hand the manager will
operate the various functions and under that they have works with the motive to accomplish the
target of the company. This report is based on the Farmfoods limited that is the supermarket
company and it is based on Cumbernauld, Scotland and having the headquartered in UK. It is the
report that includes the basic definition of leadership and management, theoretical approach of
leadership and management, comparison between the contemporary leaders and methods by
which the manager and leaders could develop.
MAIN BODY
Critically evaluate the contemporary definitions of leadership and management
Leadership is a word that is based on the diverse approaches and the style that is used by
the leader while managing the different function that are operated within the company on random
basis. Whereas, the management is the approach that is used by the different managed to get
solved the different problem while ensuring that the result will be in the favour of the company
and helps to make more profit and better sales (Bell, 2018). Leadership is an art that is used to
bring the perfection in the working style of the company they have influenced other to get work
with more redundancy. They have a lot of people that get follow them due to their attractive
behaviour and attitude towards their work by which provide the adequate path to the employee
by which they could easily brings higher heights in the personal life. The leader is the one that
could make the better interaction with the different employee and for that ensure that personal
growth has been achieved by which more satisfaction will get achieved.
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The management is the process through which the managers makes the better change
within the company and ensure that all the employee performed their task with more easiness
and with that the target will get accomplished within the timely manner. There are some of the
different task that is performed by the managers as like planning, coordination, execution,
implementation and directing of different task that are performed within the company (Bratton,
2020). They have worked with more zeal and ensure that the objectives of the company will get
achieved in effective manner. There are some different situations that are upraised on continuous
basis and that will get managed by the manager through their different skills and reduces the risk
rate and in parallel enhance the profit ratio of the company. The manager are the one that are
always be more confident and have a well known experience with that effective change and
apply different strategy to make profit in the competitive market. The leaders are the one that
provides the adequate path to the company by developing the skills and ability of an employee
that are working within the business. On the other hand the manager is the one that who can
make the change in the company as from their efforts and enthusiasm. Farmfoods is the largest
supermarket chain and operates the 300 number of stores and provides the diverse products and
the services by which more profit will get attained. There are various roles and the
responsibilities that are played by the leadership and management that are as explained below as:
The different roles and responsibilities of leader within the Farmfoods:
 Couch team members: It reflects the leadership style that is used by the leader and
under that they will provide the appropriate guidance and couching to the employee by
which they could work with more zeal and in that their personal strength will also get
developed. In that the leader of Farmfoods imparts easier environment with the store by
which working efficiency will get more developed and is a profitable cost for the
company.
 Expand the potency of team and precede the scrawny area: In this the leader has that
responsibility under which they have identified the different strengths of the employee
and then sharpen it more. On the other hand also analyse the weaker areas and in that
work on that areas to get develop better sufficiency (Bush, 2019).
 Recognize and review goal and improvement of the team: It is vital important that the
employees are getting more satisfied and for that they have induce more effective
transform as it helps to get better success and more developed. The leader of Farmfoods
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has that charismatic personality under which they ensure that the effectual
communication will get introduces and it facilitates to make useful outcomes in timely
manner.
 Perseverance the conflicts: The leader of Farmfoods get reduce the various conflicts and
complex situation from the business by which all the target will get achieved within the
particular period of time and it is due to the up-gradation of collective efforts of all the
employees (Eacott, 2018).
The different roles and responsibilities of manager within the Farmfoods:
 Envisioning goals: The leader and manager has a long term goals by which they have
the complete map of all the activities that are must to get performed within the company
in order to complete the vision and mission of Farmfoods.
 Regulation the growth: The growth must be more important for the Farmfoods and for
that the manager and the leader will supervise the employee and other staff and induce
more opportunity for the business to measure more success and for that induce different
strategy that are in the favour of the company. The manager get hired the employee that
are more skilled and better talent and provide adequate training to them while the leader
ensure that they feel more comfort and relax while working within the team.
 Modernism: It is the inducement of the different new and creative ideas that helps to
make the effectual change by which the company give the tough fight to the competitors.
It also helps to decreases the production cost by which more profit is gained by the
company.
 Recuperating and assessment the efficiency: The manager will assess the different
activities that are more profitable for the business and in that ensure that the resource will
get effectively utilised within the company.
These are the roles and responsibility that will get played by the leadership and the management
by which the ability of Farmfoods will get more developed (Ellis, 2020).
Critically compare what makes leader distinctly successful
There are some of the different theoretical approaches which is use by the leadership and
the management of Farmfoods that are as explained below as:
Behavioural theory: These are the different theory that is used by the leadership and with that
they have works with different behaviour under which they have try to understand the attitude of
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different person and under that they have make the modification. The mental stability of an
individual will get fluctuated as per the different function and in that they have try to influence
the other by knowing the state of mind of them as it helps to motivate them by inducing more
adjust. It is not necessary that the behaviour of the entire employee is same it must get changed
as per the diverse situation. The leaders have that Democratic leadership style under which they
have taken the decision that is in the favour of the employee. The other is as Laissez-faire
leadership as it means” let it be” in which they provide adequate freedom to the employee by
whom they work as per their reassuree (Hallinger, 2018).
The great man theory: It is the theory of the leadership which is more realistic and in
that the employee get better view of the future by which they have make more efficient change in
their personality that helps to take pertinent modify. These are the leaders that have the special
bunch of the attitude, skills, belief, knowledge, values, capability, ability, experience, norms and
many other functions that are more important and bring enormous modification in the character.
It is a trait of an individual that get present in the leader by which they have make more vital
transformation by which the relative feeling get generate more relativity. It is measure condition
under which the individual personality and the leader personality will get differentiated. It is
basically said that the leaders are the one that has that quality as from the born it is not get
developed within the time of by getting the experiences. Farmfoods has performed different
function as they have managed the action in the 300 stores and in that leader have that role by
which they enhance the zeal and comfort within the business. The leader is the one that has
various personalities by which they performed different task as like initiative, extroversion,
conscientiousness, sociability, self-motivation, reliability and many other as well. They have
used the several traits in order to furnish the ability of the other employees (Jiang, 2018).
Situation theory: It includes the different approach that is used by the leader in which
they work as per the different situation under which they have applied the appropriate
modification as per the need of the employee. The condition will always get changed and in that
the leader will get solved the different opportunity while working within the conserve of various
aspects. The mindset and behaviour will not always remain same it get affected by the personal
and the professional viewpoint thus the leader must get provide solution by making complete
analysis. In this the leaders generate more opportunity by analysing the strength and they try to
make influenced them by which their growth will get enhanced.
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Farmfoods has various stores and in that the leader and the manager have uses the different
approaches and style in which the performance of the employee get improvised by the collective
effort of leader or manager. The leader must uses the situational theory and as per that provide
different solution to the employee by which the employee feels more satisfied and that reflect to
their positive working style (Jiang, 2018).
The comparative difference between the various leaders that has made the better and
successful change from their behaviour and that is as defined below as:
BASIS Greta Thunberg Satya Nadella José Andrés
Activities Greta Tintin Eleonora Ernman
Thunberg is an environmental
activist and with that she has
been did the protest to get spread
more awareness in the public
about the importance of the
climatic redundancy. She was
born in Sweden and works to
promote humanity by which all
the people get take initiate to
make better change in the
society.
Satya Narayana Nadella is an
American business executive
and the CEO of the Microsoft
that are having the biggest
business that has spread all
across the world. He is also
being the vice-president of
Microsoft’s cloud (Kouzes,
2018).
José Ramón Andrés Puerta is
an American and Spanish and
he is a chef and the founder
of the World Central Kitchen
and they have managed the
non profitable interest and
they make the meals to get
over from the natural
disasters.
Livelihood Greta Thunberg is the one that
that has more concern about the
climate and the environment and
in that the people must have
more aware about how much the
environment is vital important
and in that initially she has faced
a lot of problems. As she has to
start the protest by alone and
also get take her parents in
favour of her by which she could
work to reduce the carbon
footprints from the environment
by which more clean air and
Satya Nadella is the one that
is will work in the research
and development as the
senior vice-president and
operates the different
function that are related to
the online services as it is the
divisional branch of
Microsoft.
He is the one that will come
with the concept in the
America in which they
provide the special dining to
the people. he owns the
different restaurants in the
Washington D.C , Florida,
Los Angles, South Beach,
New York, Texas, Las Vegas,
Orlando and Frisco. He will
get awarded as the National
Humanities medal in the year
2016.
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water will provided to people as
it is more important to live.
Recital Greta Thunberg has diagnosed
with the syndrome named as
Asperger, selective mutism and
the obsessive-compulsive and
due to that she has more
confident and always speaks and
present her view more
confidently and without getting
affected by any other person.
She is more focused and clear
about what she has though off
and what is want to be.
.
He has performed his work
with an optimistic approach
that is more favourably
followed by the leadership
and it is to get enhanced the
abilities and skills of the
different employee that are
working within the
Microsoft. By following this
approach he must bring the
positive change and thus
develop the different skills of
the employees in beneficiary
manner.
He is the only chef in the
world who has two-star
Michelin and four Bib
Gourmands and at the age of
21 he has cooked the food
with $50 while working in
the Spanish restaurant. When
he get more success she has
started his show named as
"Vamos a Cocinar" and he
also published his book
named as "Tapas: A Taste of
Spain in America," in the
year 2015.
Capability Greta Thunberg was get born in
3 January 2003 in Stockholm.,
Sweden. She has always be more
affected by the environment and
always works to get reduce the
pollution and in 2019 she make
the first step and move forwards
to get spread more clarity.
Satya Nadella is the one who
is more ardent and it helps to
make the better change and
that will reflect on their skills
and qualities by which they
have worked with more
positivism.
.
José Ramón Andrés Puerta
was born in the year 1969 at
13 July in Mieres, Spain,
Principality of Asturias. He
will get enrolled in the school
in the Spanish military at the
age of 18 and he has cooked
for the admiral and as when
he get fired from there he get
shifted to the US (van Assen,
2018).
Functioning
culture
Greta Thunberg has worked with
more positive approach and with
that there is more effectiveness
whenever she says something or
get represent herself as in from
of anyone. She feel more
Satya Nadella always has
more concern and love
towards their work by which
he always brings more
advancement by which he
always get achieved the
The earthquake that in Haiti
in the year 2010 he provides
the healthy and safe food to
the people that get affected
by the disaster and found the
NGO and thus provides meal
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comfort and also blame the
assembly member that they
didn’t take the initiative and it is
their duty to get make the
surround more clear but they are
not having concern about their
job that’s why she has to raise
her voice (Naqshbandi, 2018).
better outcomes within the
certain period of time that
will help to make more
profitable result for the
company too. Thus by thus
he will inspire a lot of
individual and developed
more technical knowledge is
systematic manner.
to the US and Puerto Rico
and after the corona virus
pandemic also they provide
the free meal to the public.
Critical comparison of three key contemporary leader and analyse the critical skills and
behaviour of successful leaders.
There are various contemporary leaders and some as like Greta Thunberg, José Andrés
and Satya Nadella. These are the different personalities that are the motivational example for all
across the world and they could influence the larger number of peoples from their perception,
working behaviour, attitude and belief. They have achieved the strongest success in their own
areas with that they make better power on the people. Greta Thunberg is that one that is the
youngest leader and as from her work and zeal she makes the change to get improvised the
climate by generating less pollution (Podsakoff, 2019). She did the protest under that she
represent herself in the assemblies as well and frankly speak with more comfort about the
discomfort what she felt while living in the society. Satya Nadella is the one that brings the
advancement knowledge in the market and put his effort on continues basis. José Andrés is the
one that provide his profit to the people that get affected by the natural disaster.
The leader has born with the special skills and positive behaviour by which they have
become more famous and a large number of public will start following them by making the
effective communication they will convey their thoughts to the people and it helps to make the
interaction with the larger number of peeps. They have transfer their viewpoint in the public with
so much perfection by which people accept them and start following their instruction and moves
with their pathway (Timm, 2019). It is the personality that will develop by making more clam
and composure in the behaviour under which they has strong intensity on the attitude of the
public.
The different methods worn by leadership and management that is as distinct below as:
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 Comprise a clear vision: The leaders and manager perform their work with more clarity
by which they have clear vision and this they have achieved better and achievable result
in timely manner. It is more transformative approach under which the leader and manager
uses the formularise method to make effective thoughtful by which the make adequate
support to the employees.
 Be ardent: The manager and leader must get work with more passion and with that they
have always performed their work in more attractive manner by which they could more
easily and supportively make the change in the working skills and ability of employees.
They have worked with more compassion and take the business at higher heights and that
will developed the maximum revenue (Rice, 2018). The leader and manager of
Farmfoods and with that they have make adequate modify in the personality of an all the
employee that are working within the company.
There are some of the different methods that is used by the leadership and the management to
get developed the performance and productivity and that are as defined below as:
 360 degree feedback: It is the method through which the leader and the manager takes
the different feedback from the different people or staff that are associated within the
business (Rudolph, 2018). They have taken the review from the entire employee and then
by collective and analysis of the feedback then make the appropriate change within their
own behaviour. The leader and manager provide the adequate priority to all the staff and
then takes the feedback from all by which they get make strong connectivity with the
other staff. In this they have collect the feedback from the manager, upper level authority,
colleagues and many others as well.
 Administrative couching: In this the leader and manager will take a part and gain the
relative guidance and coaching from the higher executive and get learned while working
under their supervision. They have also faced the same norm by which they could easily
understand the different condition and in that provide the better viewpoint.
 Self-directing learning: In this the leader and the manager could make their learning
from the work that has been performed by them. They have gain better knowledge by
solving and facing the different consequences that are exerted on random basis and in that
they have applied different theory and style to make strong interaction with employee. It
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is the most beneficial approach by which the leader could make the useful impact to
develop the performance (Shaked, 2018).
It is not always possible that everyone has that quality to make the better change and thus the
leader and manager might use the different methods and strategy in order to make effective
connection with the other employee that are working within the company. The leader and
manager have work with the positive and appreciable approach by which they will remain more
composed by which they have make more beneficiary communication by which the Farmfoods
get achievable outcomes.
CONCLUSION
It has been concluded from the above report that leadership and the management are
more important for the business as they have played the different roles and responsibility in
order to make the collective and integrated approach under which they have make the better
change that get used to develop the performance and the profit. It helps to make the most
beneficial changes within the company by which that is more easily get accepted by all the
employee that are working within the business and with that there performance will get
developed and under that the company get more growth and better success. There are some
various theoretical approach that is used by the leadership and management that is measured by
the leader and the manager. Thus the company must uses the situational theories for leadership
by which they get effective change to make successful modify in timely manner. There are some
contemporary leader as like Greta Thunberg, José Andrés and Satya Nadella that could bring the
change from their performance. Furthermore, there are some development method of the
leadership and management.
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