The Critical Role of Leadership: All Managers Need to Be Leaders Today

This essay explores the argument that all managers need to be effective leaders in today's business environment. It contrasts the roles of managers and leaders, highlighting how leaders develop vision and inspire teams, while managers focus on setting goals and controlling processes. The essay emphasizes that while managers traditionally focus on short-term goals and established skills, the modern business landscape demands innovation, creativity, and employee engagement. Therefore, managers must cultivate leadership qualities to effectively coordinate with employees, foster trust, and drive organizational success. Examples of successful leaders like Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos are provided to illustrate the impact of leadership skills on organizational performance. The essay concludes that leadership and management are interconnected and essential for thriving in a rapidly changing business world, and suggests steps managers can take to become more effective leaders, such as promoting autonomy, improving communication, and embracing diversity.

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Introduction
The leadership and management based activities that are performed within the
organizations play a key role in the operations and work process of the employees as well.
The role which is played by a manager and a leader is quite different and is able to affect the
revenues and profitability of the company. The managers and leaders are thereby able to play
different roles within the organizational operations. The organization can operate in a smooth
way with the proper coordination between the managers and the employees (Alvesson and
Sveningsson 2015). The leaders on other hand, mainly work with proper assistance from the
employees. Leaders are mainly able to work in proper coordination with the employees. The
successful leaders are those who are able to understand the needs and demands of the
employees and further work according to changes which take place in their needs as well
(Arnold, Fletcher and Anderson 2015).
The essay will be mainly based on the argument related to the need of all the manager
for becoming effective leaders as well. The essay will be able to present a proper argument
based on the relationship between managers and leaders. The main part of the analysis will be
based on the agreement or disagreement with the statement “All managers need to be
leaders”.
Discussion and argument based on the statement “All managers need to be leaders”
As discussed by, Azad et al. (2017), leadership is considered to be a quality which is
related to the ways of influencing people in order to achieve the objectives in an enthusiastic
manner. Leadership process is not totally similar to the management activities. However,
leadership is considered to be an important part of the management of a company.
Management is considered to be a process which is based on managing the different
organizational processes in the best manner. Management can also be considered to be a skill

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which is related to getting the job done with the help of others. Management activities are
evident in different fields including, hospitality, education, offices and sports. Management
mainly takes place in the formal organizational groups. On the other hand, leaders are present
in formal as well as informal types of groups.
As argued by, Bârgău (2015), the statement which has thereby been mentioned is
highly contradictory in nature. However, the argument can be mainly placed on the fact that
all the managers need to be successful leaders as well. The leaders and managers are different
from each other based on many different factors. The leaders are mainly able to develop a
vision for the organization, whereas, on the other hand, the managers are able to set the goals
which need to be attained by the subordinates. The leaders are able to develop a picture for
the visibility that can be developed for the employees in an effective manner. The leaders do
not only think about themselves, they are also able to think in an effective manner for the
team which operates under them.
According to, Chang (2016), the managers on the other hand provide their focus on
the ways by which goals and objectives can be set in an effective manner. The situations are
thereby controlled by the managers in order to reach the objectives which have been
developed. The leaders in the organizations are considered to be effective change based
agents who are able to affect the operations. The managers are mainly responsible for
controlling the operations and processes of the company. The qualities which are possessed
by the leaders are different and unique in nature. The managers are however able to copy the
leadership based styles and activities of others in the organization.
As argued by, Chin (2015), the risks which can take place in organizations are
effectively controlled by the leaders, whereas, on the other hand, the managers are mainly
responsible for controlling the risks in an efficient manner. The thinking process and policies

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of the leaders are based on long term basis and managers are mainly concerned for the short
term based processes. The leaders are able to show personal growth within organizational
processes and managers tend to rely on the skills which have already been developed
effectively. Proper levels of relationships are developed by the leaders within the
organizations. The managers are however mainly responsible for the development efficient
systems within the operations of the companies in the modern business environment.
However, in spite of many differences the managers of organizations need to possess the
leadership qualities in an effective manner (Donate and de Pablo 2015).
The different employees who are a part of the modern organizations can try to
successful leaders as well. However, the leadership qualities need to be effectively developed
by the managers. The leaders and the managers have thereby been presented as different
types of people. However, different researches have been able to depict that the leadership
based qualities need to be gained in an effective manner by the managers. The development
of vision plays a major part in the methods by which goals of the company can be achieved in
an effective way. The managers who do not have effective management based qualities are
not able to build the trust based levels (Hechanova, Caringal-Go and Magsaysay 2018).
According to, Ivanov (2015), the employee engagement based activities of the
company are also affected in a huge manner by the effective leadership of the leaders and the
managers. The management based activities are thereby implemented by the organizations in
such a manner which can enforce effective levels of controls and develop protocols as well.
The major role of the managers is thereby based on making sure that the employees are
performing their jobs in an effective manner. The changes which have taken place in the
business environment have increased the emphasis on different factors like, innovation,
creativity, empowerment and engagement. The modern business environment is based on the
ways by which managers are able to depict effective leadership skills in order to control the

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organizational operations. The managers thereby need to possess leadership based qualities
which will help them to coordinate with the employees in an effective manner and achieve
the objectives which have been decided.
As argued by, Latham (2014), the management and leadership based skills are
therefore complementary to each other and are able to affect the entire organizational
operations. The main focus of leaders is on different organizational processes which include,
engagement, vision, big ideas, transformation and innovation. The two leaders who can be
considered to be effective examples of the management based skills which are able to affect
leadership activities are Steve Jobs and Jeff Bezos. The process by which these two leaders
were able to build their teams in an effective manner has been able to provide them with
chances of improving the operations of their respective organizations.
According to, Ljungholm (2014), the managers thereby need to have the capabilities
of engaging the team members so that they are able to provide their best performance to the
company. The two CEOs of Apple and Amazon have been able to inspire the employees in
an effective way in order to increase the levels of innovation. The training which is provided
to the managers in order to develop their leadership based qualities plays a major role in the
proper operations of the companies. The positive attitude of employees towards the managers
can be developed with the help of proper leadership qualities. For example, Todd Etter, who
is the chief collaboration officer of The Motley Fool is known for using games in order to
engage the employees in their work process.
Todd had proved to be an effective leader as well as a manager and played a vital role
in providing effective levels of motivation to the employees who are a part of the
organizational operations. The VP of Global Talent Development in Whirlpool has been able
to provide effective opportunities of growth to the employees which have been able to instil

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their values in an effective manner. The segmentation and separation of leaders and managers
was thereby not possible in the current operating environment. Leadership and management
based activities thereby need to be treated in such a manner which is able to provide effective
levels of interconnection between the two processes. The leaders in the organizations need to
be provided with more opportunities in order to be recognized as the managers in an effective
manner (Forbes.com 2018). This will help in the development of organizations which are
able to thrive in the rapidly changing modern business world. The attraction and retention
based process of top levels of talent is important for the effective functioning of organizations
in the environment.
As, Millar, Chen and Waller (2015), the managers need to be develop leadership
based skills in order to motivate the employees in an effective manner so that they are able to
offer the best stages of services. The leadership qualities will be able to play a major part in
the ways by which managers are able to lead the employees and coordinate with them. The
relationship which they are able to develop with the employees is an important part of the
proper operations of modern companies. The steps which can be taken by the managers in
order to become effective leaders are as discussed further. The micromanagement of people
needs to be stopped in order to provide autonomy to the employees.
As argued by, Muchiri and Kiambati (2015), the levels of trust which can thereby be
developed among the employees will also be able to play a key role in the relationships. The
motivation levels of employees are also affected by the ways by which the managers are able
to lead them effectively. The improvement of communication levels of the employees is
important for the ways by which the managers are able to develop the leadership based skills
in an effective manner. The development of constructive feedback is thereby a major part of
the proper operations of managers within the organizations.

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The feedback which is provided by the employees is able to play a major role in the
improvement of their work process. The effectiveness of their work process can be judged by
the employees with the help of leadership skills of the employees. The levels of diversity
within the companies need to be increased in order to increase the leadership related qualities
of the managers in an efficient manner. The pooling of different resources is thereby able to
play a major role in the proper operations of the managers and increasing their leadership
based qualities in an effective manner (Pihlainen, Kivinen and Lammintakanen 2016).
The management of diversity is thereby able to provide huge opportunities of growth
to the employees who are considered to be an important part of the operations of modern
companies. The managers also need to reflect on the decisions that are taken by them in order
to develop leadership based skills. The leaders thereby need to focus on the future as
compared to their past activities. The mistakes that have been committed by the managers in
the past need to be taken into account so that they are able to operate in a profitable manner
in their present and future operations (MacGillivray 2018).
Conclusion
The discussion in the essay can be settled by stating that the statement which has been
provided has been proved to be true. The managers thereby need to develop effective
leadership based qualities in order to provide effective motivation to the employees. The
modern business organizations can thereby operate in an effective manner with the help of
proper assistance which can be provided by the managers. The managers who are able to
acquire the leadership based qualities effectively can thereby provide effective assistance to
the employees. The managers can develop effective leadership qualities in order to engage
the employees in the organizational processes so that they can improve the productivity and
profitability effectively. The analysis has thereby been able to depict that the managers need

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to develop effective leadership based strategies in order to ensure the effective operations of
modern companies.

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