Difference Between A Leader and A Manager

IntroductionAccording to Muenjohn, Boucher and Tran 2010, ‘Leadership is theability to inspire confidence and support among the people who needed to achieve organizational goals.’ In this module, we learn the differences between what makes a leader and a manager. And the purposeof this assessment is to do a reflection on an analysis of anotherleader for my leadership improvement by applying the relevant theoriesand concepts learned in this module.Task One: ObservationThe person that I have chosen to do this report on is a leader in avoluntary organisation whom I have worked with. Her name is DarrylLoh, 29, she has recently become a mother of one and to my knowledge,she has done much voluntary work/ community work since 2001 as anintern at City Harvest Community Services Association and eventuallybecomes a staff in 2002 till now. Recently she has taken part in abig-scale corporate social responsibility project that was organizedby CapitaLand, LEGO Singapore and Mediacorp’s ‘We Are One’ on 7November at ION Orchard. It was through this project whereby I hadvolunteered that we have worked together, though I have known her forabout two years.“City Harvest Community Services Association (CHCSA) was establishedin March 1996. CHCSA passionately believes in a culture of lovingothers fervently. With that, on 31 August 2008, we have a dedicatedgroup of 8 full-time staff and 784 volunteers who work towardfulfilling the vision of making a difference in our society. In 2008alone, CHCSA provided 22,996 services to 14,276 unique individuals.”(Taken from CHCSA website)The Association provides services for: The Elderly, The Children, TheIntellectually Disabled, The Hearing Impaired, The Terminally-Ill,Multiple Sclerosis Patients, The Family, The Yo...

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...an Ye Peng who is the founder of CityCare organization, a‘not-for-profit organization that believes in the synergisticcollaboration of business enterprises, community groups andindividuals to affect a positive transformation in society.’ (Takenfrom CityCare website)Lastly, Darryl shares the two obstacles she faced while leading herteam; (1) When ego or self-gets in the way, sometimes when people are inpower, it’s easy to abuse it. A good leader has to keep oneself incheck at all times, in the motives of leading the team, not for self-benefits but for the group’s benefit. And (2) when you have not earnedthe right to lead, leaders I believe have to earn the right to leadtoo through especially winning the respect and love of the team.Without the members believing in the vision and respecting thebehavior or style of the leader, it is very difficult for them tofollow you.