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The organization of your discussion post is superb because it delineates each question and its respective response systematically. I am intrigued by your claim that leadership is an informal role in which one refrains from expressing control and disseminating authority and seeks to discover what motivates people and helping them to grow, learn their goals, and achieve them. At first, I wondered what you meant by “informal role,” but after reading your explanation, I managed to grasp what you meant. I also do agree with you that leadership entails working towards fostering a positive environment, setting an excellent example for others to follow, delivering guidance, and building trust-based relationships for work enhancement.
In a similar approach, you argue that management is a formal role typified by adherence to a hierarchy, enforcement of rules, and supervising subordinates to ensure they do and complete their work assignments. For me, this is another way of saying that management is the administrative process for reaching desired goals by getting work done through people. An interesting point you raise is that management can be a reward when people assume management positions that arise in workplaces. As regards leadership being a subset of management or the other way around, I see that you have presented a slightly different perspective from what I presented in my initial post. Specifically, you sustain that these concepts are independent of each other, whereas I mentioned that the two are different but imperative to organizational success. Thank you for reminding me that in ideal situations, some individuals can excel in both management and leadership. Finally, I acknowledge that we share the same thoughts that great leaders can be poor managers, and great managers can be poor leaders depending on how each demonstrates or fails to exhibit their capabilities, competencies, and skills.
