Leadership Practice
So to begin, the verb ‘to lead’ comes from the old English word leden or loedan, which meant ‘to make go’, ‘to guide’ or ‘to show the way’. Bass (1981) remarked that “Although the Oxford English Dictionary notes the appearance of the word ‘leader’ in the English language as early as the year 1300, the word “leadership” did not appear until the first half of the nineteenth century in writings about political influence and control of the British Parliament”, but these days there appears to be a bewildering array of definitions and perspectives of leadership, making it a very complex phenomenon, and seemingly extremely difficult to find any broadly accepted definition amongst leading theorists. The following are just a handful …show more content…
I need to keep the business flying whilst the Captain sets goals, objectives and strategies. It is my job to get these carried out with the help of my team.
Leadership v Management
I personally think that there are many qualities that cross over between both leadership and management and the theorists have put forward a whole magnitude of traits over the last twenty years for both styles, so it can be of no wonder that people often get confused between the two, but I do believe there are clear differences too.
Being a manager, the core SIG competencies that I practice and use on a day to day basis include; organisational, communicational, decision making, negotiating, persuasiveness, sales expertise, product knowledge, team management, coaching/mentoring, adaptability, technical skills, leading by …show more content…
It could easily be argued that quite a number apply to management, and this is the paradox. Managers are at times Leaders, so the paradox never ends!
Despite this, the art and practice of leadership is still recognised and certain qualities or traits it seems are common and shared between all great leaders. From the two previously mentioned, we can already see the shared traits of great communication (both written and verbal), being able to inspire a nation, and both had a vision of the goal they needed to reach.
According to the University of Notre Dame, in addition to the above, other shared traits are motivation, risk taking and team building, whilst Peter Economy on Inc.com lists Inspiring, optimism, integrity, supportive, confidence, communication and decisive as his “7 traits of Highly Effective
So to begin, the verb ‘to lead’ comes from the old English word leden or loedan, which meant ‘to make go’, ‘to guide’ or ‘to show the way’. Bass (1981) remarked that “Although the Oxford English Dictionary notes the appearance of the word ‘leader’ in the English language as early as the year 1300, the word “leadership” did not appear until the first half of the nineteenth century in writings about political influence and control of the British Parliament”, but these days there appears to be a bewildering array of definitions and perspectives of leadership, making it a very complex phenomenon, and seemingly extremely difficult to find any broadly accepted definition amongst leading theorists. The following are just a handful …show more content…
I need to keep the business flying whilst the Captain sets goals, objectives and strategies. It is my job to get these carried out with the help of my team.
Leadership v Management
I personally think that there are many qualities that cross over between both leadership and management and the theorists have put forward a whole magnitude of traits over the last twenty years for both styles, so it can be of no wonder that people often get confused between the two, but I do believe there are clear differences too.
Being a manager, the core SIG competencies that I practice and use on a day to day basis include; organisational, communicational, decision making, negotiating, persuasiveness, sales expertise, product knowledge, team management, coaching/mentoring, adaptability, technical skills, leading by …show more content…
It could easily be argued that quite a number apply to management, and this is the paradox. Managers are at times Leaders, so the paradox never ends!
Despite this, the art and practice of leadership is still recognised and certain qualities or traits it seems are common and shared between all great leaders. From the two previously mentioned, we can already see the shared traits of great communication (both written and verbal), being able to inspire a nation, and both had a vision of the goal they needed to reach.
According to the University of Notre Dame, in addition to the above, other shared traits are motivation, risk taking and team building, whilst Peter Economy on Inc.com lists Inspiring, optimism, integrity, supportive, confidence, communication and decisive as his “7 traits of Highly Effective