Leadership and management

A) is a good manager automatically a good leader?

No

Leadership is beyond management. A good leader inspires, sets direction and champions change, creates a sense of purpose and lead people towards achieving a common goal. Managers deals with day-to-day operations, ensuring tasks are completed efficiently.

B) What is the difference between leadership and management?

Management is about planning, organizing, coordinating and controlling resources to achieve organizational goals.

Leadership is more about inspiring, motivating and influencing others to achieve a common vision or goal.

C) Briefly describe similarities and distinctions between transformation and transactional leadership

Similarities:

• Both transformational and transactional leadership involve influencing and guiding others to achieve common goals.
• The effectiveness of either transformational or transactional can depend on the organizational context and the specific needs of the team or situation.

Differences:

Transformational leaders focus on inspiring and motivating their followers to achieve higher levels of performance and exceed their own expectations while transactional leaders focus with maintaining the status quo, enforcing rules and procedures, and ensuring that tasks are completed efficiently.