insight to get the job accomplished. Third and finally a leader must be energizing. It is the leaders duty to keep the followers excited about what they are trying to accomplish, or what they want to change.The difference between management and leadership is clear, a manager is hired a leader is there for a cause. Managers cope with complexity, where leaders cope with change. Leaders want to make a change, impact, or difference in something around them. Managers want to get the job done with as little conflict as possible. Managers and leaders both have to know manipulation skills, to help by-pass peoples personal problems and convince them that the only thing important is the task at hand. (lecture)Communication is the most important part of leadership. A leader has to know how to talk to a group. The leader must use certain skills to help motivate their followers and provide a clear vision of the challenge to all group members. Sometimes it is unclear what the leader is trying to tell you, particularly the conversations between men and women.(video)To communicate with a group you have to know how the group as a whole listens. There are three types of listening, empathetic listening, hearing words, and listening in spurts. The best type of listener is an empathetic listener, they sit and listen with no distraction, they care about what one is saying. Hearing words and listening in spurts are not as good because the listener will only catch bits and pieces of the conversation. (notes)Once a leader knows what kind of listeners are in the group they can adapt what they say to keep the group paying attention. Once group members are interested and paying attention they can all work together and get something cool accomplished. If the whole group is hearing words or listening in spurts very little will be accomplished, because not one person knows all that is going on.Men and women in the work place communicate differently. Men concentrate m...
