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Who can take the most important decision effectively & quickly - Leader or Manager?

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Question added by MUSTAFIZUR RAHMAN , Senior Merchandiser , Ultimate Fashions Limited.
Date Posted: 2016/08/20
حفصة المستظرف
by حفصة المستظرف , سكرتيرة , مكتب محاماة : المحامية :خذيجة فاروق

Thanks Mr Omar for invitation:

In most cases: He is leader 

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Mihaela Kovacheva
by Mihaela Kovacheva , Organizational Manager , Baumax Bulgaria Ltd /Part of Baumax AG/

Managers are also leaders - so both of them. In my experience as both team leader and a manager I have taken a lot of important decisions - some of them I needed to take quickly. When in doubt I have always followed my intuition and gut feeling. Often I have asked for advice from my manager. There were times when I have asked for advice my team members. Both leaders and managers must have confidence in themselves and their decisions. They also must be open to make mistakes, learn from them and move forward.

Gerald Michael
by Gerald Michael , Associate Analyst Client relations and Account Executive , Time Inc

A leader is the inspiration and director of the action, A leader is a person in the group who has a combination of personality and skills that make others want to follow him/her, leaders will have the vision and ability to influence, motivate and enable others in the group to contribute towards the organizational goal/success, Leaders are always people oriented and high-risk takers.

A Manager is an individual who is in charge of a certain group of task, or a certain subset of the company, A manager is responsible for planning, directing and monitoring the work of group of individuals and take corrective measures when needed, Managers always tend to seek for short term results and delegate their responsibilities, Managers are goal oriented and avoid taking risk.

All the leaders are not the managers , nor all the managers are not leaders. however, it is important for a manager to acquire  leadership skills to be successful in this competitive business environment.

As per my point of view, I would say Leader is the best person who can take the most important decision effectively and quickly because leaders understand how to balance emotion with reason and make decisions that would positively impact themselves, their employees, their customers and stakeholders, and their organizations. Since leaders are risk takers he/she will also know when to move quickly and proceed with the available information.

 As it is well said that leaders do the right things and mangers do the things right.

Leaders are able to take decisions more effectively and more quickly than other persons. By the way, an efficient manager is also a leader in his domain.

Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani
by Omar Saad Ibrahem Alhamadani , Snr. HR & Finance Officer , Sarri Zawetta Company

Thanks

Mostly the  leader , due to his - her strategic planing 

Manager should possess leadership skills, it's a combination of both of them.

Good manager is a good leader and good leader needs management skills to be effective.

Why is it so important for managers to have these leadership skills?

It is because you can not take decision without that decision to be capable of being implemented, whether on a personal or organisational level. You do, therefore, need to be committed to the decision personally, and be able to persuade others and to make them to follow you.

Mohammad Abo Al-Afiya
by Mohammad Abo Al-Afiya , Technical Engineer in Project Management Department , Art Bright

It depends on the type of decision, sometimes only the board of directors can take this action. But I think a leader can take an effective decision. 

Gayasuddin Mohammed
by Gayasuddin Mohammed , Advocate , Practicing Law before High Court at Hyderabad

Obviously Leader. Thanks....................

WASIF KHAN
by WASIF KHAN , Intern , Lucky cement

Great leaders apprehend how to balance emotion with purpose and make decisions that positively impact themselves, their employees, their clients and stakeholders, and their businesses. Making accurate decisions in difficult conditions is not any small feat due to the fact those forms of selections involve change, uncertainty, anxiety, stress, and sometimes the negative reactions of others.

Fantastic leaders additionally know while to transport quick and continue with the to be had statistics, versus while to take more time and acquire additional facts. whilst leaders choose to pursue extra information or avenues, they should additionally know while to forestall. at the same time as a massive amount of statistics may be applicable in a great international, the information gathering process can make use of too much time, and the extensive amount of records also can be paralyzing and take attention away from the massive picture or key information points.

Stefanos Sampatakakis
by Stefanos Sampatakakis , Head of Health Sector Coordination , General Secretarial of Governmental Coordination

In my opinion, it's not really about the role, but about the person. Both good leaders and good managers can be effective and immediate in their decision making process.

A leader can be more flexible than a manager, since the manager is strongly focused on managing his/her subordinates and is more result-oriented within his/her boundaries of operations, while the leader has already gained the full support of his/her team and enjoys more freedom of movement.

As a result, a leader has more flexibility in the way he/she operates, allowing him/her to develop more effective decision making skills.

After all, a leader can be a manager, but a manager is not neccessarily a leader.

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