Becoming a Manager

5Developing Your Leadership Style

Learning Objectives

By the end of this chapter you should be able to:

• Describe the evolving theories of leadership.

• Explain the concept of flexible leadership.

• Describe the role of the manager in leading change.

• List the key change management steps.

There is more to a manager’s job than planning, organizing, staffing, and controlling his or her group or unit. A manager must also lead. Leading involves influencing others to voluntarily accomplish a mission.

There are important differences between leading and managing. The authors like to sum up those differences as follows: Managers assure that people are ...