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Week 1 Learning Activities<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Week 1: Aug 22 – 28<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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WEEK ONE<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Theme #1: \u00a0<\/span>“<\/span>As we look ahead into the 21st century, leaders will be those who empower others\u201d. \u00a0– Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The 21st century leader is one whose role it is to shape the organization\u2019s future hurdling obstacles set by the challenges of the fast-paced, technology driven, global environment. The shift from a goods-driven business landscape of the 20th century to a people driven landscape of the 21st century brings challenges to leaders that are uniquely people centric and focused on change. \u00a0The 21st century leader is the \u201cenlightened warrior,\u201d a person whose job requires adaptability, knowledge, worldly sophistication, authenticity and above all the ability to lead change.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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Theme #2:<\/span>\u00a0Leaders and managers are the backbone of a business but their roles and perspective in an organization are significantly different.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The leader and the manager differ greatly in an organization. \u00a0The leader\u2019s job is to provide the vision, mission, values, organizational structure and culture of the organization. \u00a0They empower employees and foster followers to make the changes needed for the organization to remain competitive and accomplish its purpose and vision. \u00a0The leader focuses on the internal and external forces that exert power upon the accomplishment of the organizations goal. \u00a0The leader\u2019s perspective is to define the future of the company, its purpose, its values, and ways of doing business. The leader\u2019s perspective is long term goal oriented and focuses on decision making and the people centric flow of the organization.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The manager\u2019s job is to organize the tasks, processes and procedures that fit within the organizational structure to accomplish the long term goals set by the leader. \u00a0They motivate employees to accomplish those tasks to move the company forward toward the vision. \u00a0The manager encourages employees to commit to the culture and climate of the organization while completing their assigned tasks. \u00a0The manager\u2019s perspective is to maintain the status quo while working with the leader to make changes for the future. \u00a0The manager is short term goal oriented.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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