Final Paper
Michael Shuster
Professor Brattain
MBA International Management
In todays world we see thousands of leaders and managers. But in order to be a great leader or manager, you need to have the proper traits to be able to use your skills to lead a firm and its employees to the top. I will be discussing with you today about two of the most successful and great leaders to have lived in the business world. I believe that both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates changed the world for the better, and their great leadership skills are what helped bring themselves and their companies to the top. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates used their leadership skills, communication skills, and emotional intelligence/IQ skills to get to the top. These two great men will go down in history as great leaders and innovators that changed the way humans live today.
But first I want to briefly discuss the difference between a manager and a leader. A manager is an individual who is in charge of a certain group of tasks, or in charge of a certain subset of a firm. A manager often has a staff of people that report to him/her. A manager motivates his/her staff, provide directions that need to be taken to reach the company’s goals, and removes roadblocks that come forth at the firm, and provides feedback to his/her staff and the management above him/her. A leader on the other hand is more complicated, and is a combination of a manager and a leader. An international leader not only needs to possess the skills and knowledge of a manager, but he/she needs to be a born leader(in my opinion), who knows how to motivate and bring out the best of his/her people. That person needs to put forth others before himself/herself, and needs to do what’s best for the people/firm. A true leader is a people’s person who is both a manager and a politician. You can be made into a manager with the proper training and guidance, but in order to be a great leader, you have to be born with the skills.
Steve Jobs was born on February 24,
Professor Brattain
MBA International Management
In todays world we see thousands of leaders and managers. But in order to be a great leader or manager, you need to have the proper traits to be able to use your skills to lead a firm and its employees to the top. I will be discussing with you today about two of the most successful and great leaders to have lived in the business world. I believe that both Steve Jobs and Bill Gates changed the world for the better, and their great leadership skills are what helped bring themselves and their companies to the top. Steve Jobs and Bill Gates used their leadership skills, communication skills, and emotional intelligence/IQ skills to get to the top. These two great men will go down in history as great leaders and innovators that changed the way humans live today.
But first I want to briefly discuss the difference between a manager and a leader. A manager is an individual who is in charge of a certain group of tasks, or in charge of a certain subset of a firm. A manager often has a staff of people that report to him/her. A manager motivates his/her staff, provide directions that need to be taken to reach the company’s goals, and removes roadblocks that come forth at the firm, and provides feedback to his/her staff and the management above him/her. A leader on the other hand is more complicated, and is a combination of a manager and a leader. An international leader not only needs to possess the skills and knowledge of a manager, but he/she needs to be a born leader(in my opinion), who knows how to motivate and bring out the best of his/her people. That person needs to put forth others before himself/herself, and needs to do what’s best for the people/firm. A true leader is a people’s person who is both a manager and a politician. You can be made into a manager with the proper training and guidance, but in order to be a great leader, you have to be born with the skills.
Steve Jobs was born on February 24,