Leadership

Leadership

Introduction

People generally assume that a manager, by default, is a leader. In reality, a leader and a manager can be distinguished clearly. The leader has followers, and the manager is a follower. There is a thin line of difference between leadership and management. One thing that is common in both leadership and management is that both deals with working with other people and working towards attainment of goals. Both of these fields are separated from each other, but they go hand in hand. When an organization wants to bring change it has to work in a way that amalgamates functions of both the fields. If long-term focus of the organization (leadership) is not aligned with short term goals and task completion (management) (Raelin, 2003).

Nature of the relationship is one aspect that separates management from leadership. Management involves more authoritative relationship that flows from top to down. On the other hand, leadership involves more influential relationship between the members. In the case of leadership, the leader influences his or her followers and also cause influence on the overall process of leadership and in turn followers also cause influence on leaders and process of leadership (Judge, 2002).

From a theoretical and conceptual perspective, these differences may seem to be very clear, but in the practical world, the scenario is entirely different. There are many concepts and aspects that overlap and merge with each other in the practical world.

Impact of Leadership

Although these above mentioned functions are necessary to run any organization, they are not enough to make an organization thrive. If plans, organize, directs and controls the management of the organization, a question arises at what extent? Who is going to decide what is the planning supposed to accomplish? This is the point where a leader emerges who knows exactly what he wants, communicate the intentions accurately, organize others to act, and knows perfectly when to act and when to change course. Leaders have vision, which helps them to set the desired goals. Vision is the ability of looking forward and hence different from the mission statement, which only tells the current state and immediate purpose of the organization. An organization can only achieve its goals by following the organization's vision. Hence the impact of leadership on an organization is very noticeable; the company can achieve its required targets only under the guidance of a good leader (Foti, 2007).

Working with Older Workers

Leadership changes with teas, sometimes it is deliberately done for the betterment of the department and organization as well. Thus, a leader should be prepared to work with all the generation within the workplace. The older worker tends to work in a very friendly environment, they need chance to prove themselves and their skills, and they need chance to do something that is worthwhile. Moreover the most is needed is the respect from peers. They are more linear to learn new skills, and likely to help others learn as well. However, the leader should posse's skills to have an effective communication with the old ...