ir employees. It is important for managers not to think of themselves as managers,but as leaders. LEADERSHIP VS. MANAGEMENT FACTORMany people distinguish leadership as being the opposite of management, although both are essentially important to a corporation or business. Some of the traits for an effective leader include: being visionary, innovative, and courageous,initiating change, and having personal power (Capowski). Management traits include: rational, persistent, tough minded, structured, and stabilizing (Capowski). With these traits one is led to believe that a manager is tougher and more fierce than to a leader. However, many would find these comparisons to be insufficient. Many managers possess traits that intertwine between leader and manager. By watching each of the store’s managers, I have found that managers are capable of being good leaders. Audrey McCaskey believes that in order to be a goodmanager, you must be a great leader. Without good leadership skills, you won’t be able to work successfully with your employees. Therefore, less work would get done, making the individual an incapable store manager. Leaders often prove unsuccessful when their is a lack of communication and motivation among their teams. Therefore conflict tends to arise within thegroup and affects the company’s performance. COMMUNICATIONLeaders who communicate andmotivate their employees on a daily basis are the ones who accomplish more of their goals.Many managers use communicationthrough daily or weekly meetings,daily memos, or internet.Through this communication,leaders and team players are ableto interact with each other regarding issues that are goingon within the company. Every morning before store opening, a Kohl’s manager or assistant manager will hold a brief meeting, discussing the stores current sales increases or decreases and upcoming sales. For this meeting, managers follow an outline that briefly goes over each pr...
