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28/02/22 LI-02 What is Leadership and how to read a leader Leadership and management are different? Leaders manage and managers lead, but the two activities are not synonymous (by Bernard Bass, an American scholar in the fields of leadership studies and organisational behaviour). Management Managers are those who are supposed to get things done: they define processes, KPIsÉ They also need to be good with people, have interpersonal skills, be able to communicate and be trustworthy from a technical, human and conceptual point of view. For managers, the aim is to get things done through other people in the organisation —> Planning and organizing. Leadership Leaders are more connected to influence group of individuals to something that is new (achievement of a vision or goal) and provide support (it’s a process)—> Inspire and motivate. 1.leadership is a process between a leader and followers. 2.leadership involves social influence. 3.leadership occurs at multiple levels in an organisation. 4.leadership focuses on goal accomplishment. To be a leader we have to achieve goals too, even if the process can be different. What is the difference between them? The leader brings the people do new things not the standard ones. The professor doesn’t believe in this distinction, he believes that you have to work on both sides in order to be a good manager. In fact, the words are changing though: we are creating and looking for more and more complex kind of people who are both leaders and managers, that need to have a vision and an idea and that are able to control that things are getting done. EXAMPLE The sustainable leadership of Patagonia: at the core of Patagonia is its founder, Yvon Chouinard, a man who is saving the world one fleece jacket at a time. A legendary climber, surfer,…