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A 3 page paper. There are two sections in this paper. The first discusses the differences between leaders and managers and the traits of each. The second section briefly comments on behavioral, contingency, and contemporary theories of leadership and which reflect the writer’s behaviors. Bibliography lists 8 sources.
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(1989) offered a catchy phrase related to this issue: managers are people who do things right and leaders are the people who do the right things. The roles of managers
and leaders do overlap but they are different. Leaders have a vision of where to take the organization. Managers coordinate to assure the vision is realize. Muczyk and Adler (2002)
said that leadership and management "are two distinctive, albeit complementary systems of action" (p. 2). Leaders chart the course and managers navigate. Numerous lists of traits related to effective leaders
and effective managers have been written. In 2007, the American Library Association attempted to collate and summarize these traits. They determined there are seven categories of traits related to effective
leadership: Communication, Intellectual/Intelligence, Physical, Emotional, Social, Experience, Trustworthy (American Library Association, 2007). The specific traits most often associated with effective leadership are: has a clear vision and is able
to communicate it (American Library Association, 2007); intelligence and a desire for continued learning (American Library Association, 2007); emotional stability and well-adjusted, including self-confidence American Library Association, 2007); enthusiasm, honest
and ethical; experience and competence; tough-minded which is about being logical and practical (Kautz, 2007); possesses excellent communication skills allowing the leader to communicate vision and purpose American Library Association,
2007); practical and logical (Kautz, 2007); has almost unlimited energy (Kautz, 2007); has great intuition, which is needed in todays changing market (American Library Association, 2007); has charisma and
is trustworthy (American Library Association, 2007). The traits most commonly identified for effective managers are: is able to do whatever the task is now; delegates effectively; spends time encouraging employees;
is able to prioritize a multitude of diverse tasks; future-oriented and does not waste time on tasks that are impossible or not important to the goals; has good relationships with
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