Without giving the actual name of the leader you have selected, identify his or

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Question

Without giving the actual name of the leader you have selected, identify his or her strengths and weaknesses as a leader and as a manager. Then distinguish his or her leadership skills from his or her management skills.

Provide an analysis of the effect he or she had on the business environment where you worked at the time.

Select and share two lessons this experience has taught you about how you will balance leadership and management skills in your current position or when you have the opportunity in future positions.

Explanation / Answer

The leader we are discussing is the founder of two innovative products, namely animated movies and high end innovative electronic consumables which became a major tech giant.

The leader was simple, clear and focused and he had the following strengths and weakness:

1. He was a visionary

2. He was passionate about his work

3. His main focus was on excellence and innovation not to make money

4. He aimed at perfection and never compromised on the quality of the product.

5. He had the ability to take risks.

6. He has trusted his judgment and understood what people required.

1. He was not open to feedback

2. He would bully his close colleagues and criticize them so they can perform better

3. He challenged employees to perform better

4. He took credit for all new ideas.

5. He was a perfectionist and drove people around the corner trying to achieve it.

6. He was not a good team player

7. He was impatient to a fault.

Leadership skills

Management skills

Impact on the business environment

Visionary

He great a unique global brand and became a global tech giant

Passionate about his work

He was able to work relentlessly through business and lead it from strength to strength.

Aimed at perfection

The products developed by him commanded a high market value almost twice or thrice compared to other competing products in the same segment

Focussed on excellence and innovation

He created a high-value premium brand and positioned as a top of the line product

Ability to take risks

He was able to create many new products year on year despite the failures of some products, the new product development continued.

Challenged team to achieve best

The team gave their best output and thought of ways to improve their performance.

Giving responsibility to people

The company boasts of many new product lines, encouraging creativity and new ideas resulting in a good product mix and many variants

Challenge employees to perform better

The employees had to work hard and challenged their own capabilities; they developed resilience and strived to achieve perfection.

Push people to achieve perfection

They developed many new products.

The two lessons I have learned are as follows: