Leadership - To lead or to follow? That is the question
Title: To lead or to follow? That is the question.
Assignment Topic:
Compare and contrast two leaders, at least one of whom must be a business leader. Which of the two was the more effective leader? Why? What skills did they demonstrate? These two leaders must be explicitly named in your assignment and will be drawn from your knowledge of them or from biographies of modern-day leaders. Provide enough details of these two leaders so that a reader, who does not know of them, will be able to follow the points about them that you are making. Your assignment should demonstrate that you know what makes a successful leader, manager and entrepreneur in any situation.
Word count (from the start of the Introduction section to the end of the Conclusion section, does not include tables): 2518
Executive Summary
Defining the difference between a manager and a leader comes down to a few fundamental elements. Within this is the bases of identifying a follower from a leader, and the situation at hand. Often great leaders are created form a critical situation, hence why a continual development plan on self-growth and organizational growth is important as it pushes a leader beyond what is expected of them in an everyday situation.
A leader can be defined in many areas of life. Being a parent would be the first real role of presenting as a leader. From there, career choices or situations then reveal aspects of a leader. Some of the most powerful leaders of today, have stated that through adversity, they become who they are in this moment as it taught them fundamental lessons in managing life.
To illustrate what makes a good leader, I will be comparing two personalities in this paper,
1. Richard Branson (Branson), because he really does some outrageous moves in business and 2. Anthony Robbins (Robbins), because he has this unlimited passion for creating unlimited potential in anyone he meets.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to leaders 6
1.1
Assignment Topic:
Compare and contrast two leaders, at least one of whom must be a business leader. Which of the two was the more effective leader? Why? What skills did they demonstrate? These two leaders must be explicitly named in your assignment and will be drawn from your knowledge of them or from biographies of modern-day leaders. Provide enough details of these two leaders so that a reader, who does not know of them, will be able to follow the points about them that you are making. Your assignment should demonstrate that you know what makes a successful leader, manager and entrepreneur in any situation.
Word count (from the start of the Introduction section to the end of the Conclusion section, does not include tables): 2518
Executive Summary
Defining the difference between a manager and a leader comes down to a few fundamental elements. Within this is the bases of identifying a follower from a leader, and the situation at hand. Often great leaders are created form a critical situation, hence why a continual development plan on self-growth and organizational growth is important as it pushes a leader beyond what is expected of them in an everyday situation.
A leader can be defined in many areas of life. Being a parent would be the first real role of presenting as a leader. From there, career choices or situations then reveal aspects of a leader. Some of the most powerful leaders of today, have stated that through adversity, they become who they are in this moment as it taught them fundamental lessons in managing life.
To illustrate what makes a good leader, I will be comparing two personalities in this paper,
1. Richard Branson (Branson), because he really does some outrageous moves in business and 2. Anthony Robbins (Robbins), because he has this unlimited passion for creating unlimited potential in anyone he meets.
Table of Contents
1. Introduction to leaders 6
1.1
References: ‘The Business for Peace Foundation’, 2014 Business Peace Award, ‘Richard Branson’, viewed 15 June 2014, ‘Virgin-named top employer brand’, News, viewed 15 June 2014. West, R, & Noel, D 2013, 'Situational Discipleship: The five-fold ministry roles of Ephesians 4:11 and their relationship to the Situational Leadership model ', Feature Edition, 2013, 4, pp