DEVELOPING

STRONGER
LEADERS

HOW-TO GUIDE
 Developing Stronger Leaders
HOW-TO GUIDE

What makes a great leader? How can leaders improve? This report has been designed to provide
practical advice for both aspiring and accomplished leaders.

Read this brief report to learn:

Definition of Organizational Leadership

Difference between Leaders & Managers
Essential Leadership Qualities
Key Leadership Styles
Leadership Principles & Best Practices

Read this report to identify opportunities to further develop and maintain strong leadership in
your organization.

What Is Organizational Leadership?

From an organizational perspective, leadership can be defined as: the ability to influence,
motivate, and enable people to attain goals and contribute toward improving the effectiveness
and efficiency of an organization.

Why is developing strong leaders such a top priority?

Leaders initiate and sustain the cycles of organizational change. Without encouraging and inspira-
tional leaders, organizations are fragmented, unaligned, and demoralized. Top companies recog-
nize that they are only as successful as their next great leaders, and work to constantly groom and
develop key staff.

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Leaders vs Managers
In 1977, Abraham Zaleznik documented some of the key differences between leadership and
management. He viewed leaders as inspiring visionaries who are interested in prospects; while
managers he viewed as planners who are concerned more with processes.

Following in his path, Warren Bennis (1989) documented the leader/manager dichotomy to help
organizations evaluate their key players.

Leaders Managers
Power by Influence Power by Position
Inspire Innovation Manage Administration
Ask What and Why Ask How and When
Focus on People Focus on Systems/Processes
Do the Right Things Do Things Right
Inspire Trust Rely on Control
Long-term Perspective Short-term Perspective
Develop Maintain
Challenge the Status-Quo Accept the Status-Quo
Eye on the Horizon Eye on the Bottom-line
Originate Imitate
Free Thinking Rigid Thinking

Essential Leadership Qualities

Many studies have shown that there are common traits or qualities that most leaders share.
Review the following list of qualities and evaluate yourself to identify your areas of strength and
opportunities for self-improvement.

Vision - the ability to articulate a vision and outline the gaps between the current state and
future state.
Confidence - outstanding leaders are confident, determined, and persistent with reaching
their goals.
Role Model - leading by example and setting the standard by demonstrating that goals are
attainable.
Flexibility - being able to quickly adapt and positively respond to changing conditions.
Optimistic - leaders must have a positive attitude.

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