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Leadership/Management Aptitude:
What makes a good leader and manager often depends on such
contextual factors as the organization's culture, function,
sector, industry, and the level of the job position. Management
and leadership have different orientations, but both exert
an influence over people (usually subordinates) and most positions
include a combination of the two.
Leadership: The desire to lead, establish direction
and assume primary responsibility for establishing the overall
directives and objectives. Emphasis is on directing and influencing.
Management: The desire to manage, develop others and assume
responsibility for the overall execution of directives and
objectives. Emphasis is on development and resource utilization.
The scales measured in this assessment are applicible to both
management and leadership.
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LEADERSHIP TraitSettm DEFINITIONS
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- Assertion:
Must be able to identify and resolve conflict. There
are always more options than resources to persue them.
In managing there is always the possibility of people
conflicts and priority decisions.
- Confidence:
Confidence is a cornerstone of both leadership and
management (without arrogance). A leader is confident
in establishing a strategic direction. A manager is
confident in executing to plan, using resources wisely,
and getting work done through others.
- Adaptability:
A leader must adapt to environmental changes with
little direction from others. A manager must adjust
to differing styles from superiors and be sensitive
to the diverse needs of subordinates.
- Calm/Patience:
A leader must sell/enforce the strategic direction
and inspire others to embrace a particular direction.
A manager must deal with internal demands, limitations
of the organization, and the individual abilities/skills/styles
of subordinates.
- Competence:
No one likes to be led or managed by a person whom
they feel is incompetent. Skill sets are specific
(e.g., education, background) but the person must
exude competence, take conflict in stride and foster
open communication but yet give direction.
- Extravert:
This is a dichotomy where most managers are extraverted
(enjoy working with others) and leaders run the gamut
from introvert (strong, individual, driven) to extravert
(charismatic and inspiring). This variable will define
type and style preference when combined with other
variables.
- Leader Dynamic:
This person is motivated by exercising control in
a social situation and is willing to assume ?group
responsibility? for getting things done through others.
Their goal is to take charge of a social setting and
achieve a social agenda. Usually the Leader is more
into social control (higher score for Leader) and
the manager has a more diverse orientation, (e.g.,
relationship oriented, likes to develop/coach/mentor
others, seeks structure, loyal to a company).
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