Guide to Leadership and Management

Leadership and
Management

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION ..........................................................................................................................1
MAIN BODY...................................................................................................................................1
What is involved in being a successful leader?......................................................................1
Can good leadership be developed and if so, how?...............................................................3
Differences Between Leadership and Management...............................................................5
A self-reflective approach to leadership of individual experiences on this course and
elsewhere................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................9
REFERENCES .............................................................................................................................10

INTRODUCTION
Leadership refers to an attempt aimed at influencing and affecting the people directly in
order to achieve given goals of the organisation. Leadership may also be defined as an art or
process of influencing the behaviours and actions of people so that they strive willingly and
enthusiastically towards the attainment of communal goals. The report will include an discussion
about the qualities of good leader such as polite, decisive, motivating, etc. Moreover, the report
will cover an analysis of leadership theories and practices that are seen in the abilities of good
leader. Further the report will include an description of leadership and management and how
these are different from each other in terms of their use and application by people. At the end the
report will cover an analysis of the individual learnings and experiences about the leadership that
are helpful to enhance the ability of individuals to be a good manager.
MAIN BODY
What traits should be involved in an effective leaer?
For being a successful leader it is important to have clear vision, courageous, integrity,
honesty and should have clear focus as well. Great leaders help in terms of reaching towards
their goals and also not afraid in terms of hiring people who might be better than them. In terms
of accomplishments they also take pride that help along the way(Al Thani and Obeidat.,2020).
For becoming an effective leader, it is important that to have some common traits which include
sharing of vision, set an example, demonstrate integrity and also communicate into effective
manner. In addition to this, leader have to make hard decisions, recognise success, empower
others and inspire their team members to achieve their goals. There are certain theories which
supports in terms of becoming a successful leader from individual, contextual and relational
aspect and it is defined into following manner:
Big five personality traits: This is a theory which is related to broad categories of
personality traits and each factor of this trait ranges between two extremes. The five categories
are defined into the following manner:
 Openness: There are certain characteristics of this particular trait such as imagination
and insight and those who have broad range of imterests then those people are high in this
trait. These kind of people are also eager to learn new things and also they have curiosity
about the world and also enjoy experiences as well.
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 Conscientiousness: This trait has certain standard features which include goal-oriented
behaviours, good impulse control, high level of thinking(Wakabi., 2016). People who
have high level of conscientiousness are tend to be organised and also have mindful
details as well. These kind of people think about how their behaviours affect others, plan
ahead and also mindful for deadlines as well.
 Extraversion: It is basically characterised by assertiveness, sociability, high amount of
emotional expressiveness and talkativeness (Krapfl and Kruja., 2015). They gain energy
in social situations who are high in terms of extraversion and also outgoing in terms of
nature.
 Agreeableness: This dimension of personality generally includes certain attributes such
as altruism, kindness, trust, and other behaviours of pro social level as well. People who
are more cooperative are generally high in terms of agreeableness factor and people who
are competitive and manipulative are low in terms of this trait.
 Neuroticism: It is a dimension which is characterised by moodiness, sadness and
instability of emotional level. Those who have mood swings, irritability, sadness and
anxiety as well are high in this trait. Those who are more emotionally resilient and have
more stability as well have low level in this trait.
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Illustration : Big five personality traits
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