Skills and Characteristics of an Effective Manager

Reflect upon the skills
and characteristics of
an effective manager
Define the difference
between management
and leadership

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION...........................................................................................................................3
Part 1................................................................................................................................................3
6 characteristics which a good business leader should have.......................................................3
Part 2................................................................................................................................................4
Diversity in the workplace..........................................................................................................4
CONCLUSION................................................................................................................................6
REFERENCES................................................................................................................................7

INTRODUCTION
There are certain characteristic of a good business leader that is very important for the
purpose of performing job roles. Present report is divided in two parts where the first part is
based on discussion of the some of characteristics that a good business leader must posses
(Banerjee, Bhattacharyya and Bose, 2017). Second part is based on analysing the diversity at
workplace that is related with analysing the benefits of having a diverse workplace for modern
business.
Part 1
6 characteristics which a good business leader should have
Every good business leader must posses some of the characteristics that are very
important for the purpose of performing their assigned job roles and responsibilities. In present
scenario these special traits are discussed that is very important for the objective of development
of such traits for the objective of becoming strong leader. Some of such traits are mentioned
below:
Vision: A true leader has to develop a vision for the future, if leader is planning for short term
then they may be aimless or lacking presence of a real long term goals. A good leader must work
towards cultivating a habit of planning for future.
Optimism: it is important for leader to able to motivate and inspire others. For this it is necessary
to posses upbeat attitude and be optimistic (Laureani and Antony, 2017). For this there is need
of optimistic approach to focus on the positive and have a hopeful attitude for the future. A
leader with use of a optimistic approach required to work towards encouraging a good attitude
among various staff members in the organisation.
Strong communication skills: Leader has to work towards instructing subordinates for their
work, correction of their mistakes, providing them with required inspiration and taking timely
feedbacks. All this requires effective communication skills (Tuckey, Li and Chen, 2017). A
leader has to transform their ideas and thoughts to be able to effectively communicate with their
subordinates. Listening is a very important aspect along with speaking for a leader.
Confidence: A leader has to work towards ensuring that a true leader has to posses high amount
of self awareness so that they are able to work towards being aware of their abilities. In situation
of stress and crisis confident leader has to work towards operating of strength and assurance to