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Grace Beray

Leadership & Management must go hand in hand

They may not be the same thing, but they surely complement each other.

Natalie Robinson

Being able to change the future and lives of as many people as we can!

I am excited to say that I have always enjoyed helping people and I am even more excited to know being in this new field of work that I will be able to change some lives too.

Darrell Wilson

I am excite to actually get a chance to change lives!

Being a part of something that will give a person a new start in there life.

Carol Chavez

Manager/Leader

I have the largest problem with seperating the two. I guess I feel that all Managers should be Leaders. It's a balance of the two that can make the difference. Does anyone else have a problem seperating the two as I do? What practices can I put in place to make certain I am balancing the two?

Gary Stark

Managing and Leading

I feel despite the need to clearly define Leadership and Management, itâ€™s a blurry path. Not often are we clearly able to determine which is in play at any given time. As a result, itâ€™s best to understand both and when in doubt fall back to your training. Very similar to an athlete. You have to trust your training. Now if you donâ€™t have training you have a problem. With this in mind, what are some steps that we can take to "train".

Nichelle Manuel

Military knowledge helps me in corporate

I notice my military training has prepared me to what has become second nature with me. Making sure a person is sharing the same vision of the organization helps a lot. I have avoided leadership positions because of other commitments. However, co-workers and friends have come to me for directions. My initial exposure to leadership was during Army basic training when I was given the role a platoon guide. Following that was Senior Army ROTC, then on to obtaining my commission as an Adjutant General Officer Platoon leader with a platoon of 60 soldiers. In the Army had to have… >>>

Wade Witherspoon

Blending Styles

I think the best leaders are able to use all six styles depending on the situation.

Wade Witherspoon

Complimenting each other

Managers and leaders will compliment each other but which is better a boss who is a good leader with a person working for them who is a good manager or a boss who is a good manager having someone work for them who is a good leader?

Wade Witherspoon

Manage things Lead people

Often times when talking about getting people to perform we use the word management. I don't think we should think in terms of managing people. People are most effectively lead, not managed.

Richard Lozada

Ethnicity in leadership

is there a difference in an individual cultural background as it relates to leadership and/or management style?

Brenda Batts

leaders verses managers

leaders are some one who one wants to follow. managers are in the moment

tyrus arthur

Leadership

I find students respond much better to an instructor if they view them as leaders, not managers.

Jessica Erbacher

Being Both Manager & Leader

I used to think that you were either a micro-manager or a macro-manager. I didn't even really consider how leadership worked into the whole process as well. I find it hard to believe that a company can be truly successful with only managers (because they wouldn't have leaders to inspire vision) but then if they only had leaders (who would ensure the day-to-day activities were happening)? I think true success would be having both in the organization and at all levels.

Leigh LeBlanc