THE WHO?

Choosing between The Lion and The Bee

 

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    The Lion is the LEADER                   and                 the bee is the MANAGER. 

The first topic that day was an ice breaker after Earthquake intensity 3 attacked us (when RSG reprimanded us). :) The last topic we had last year was all about managers and leaders. The full version was discussed by the amazing sharer, MR. D.R. when he represented it with two animals- the bee and the lion. 

 

From the first differentiation of the two, I must say that I am a manager because I take impersonal and have a passive outlook but I can also be a leader because I sometimes take personal things and have an active outlook. So the differentiation questioned my standing as a teacher and a business woman. As we go on, many definitions were discussed, like managers are avoiding risk while leaders are seeking risk. 

This time I was more confused because I am one of the managers of our business and actually we are taking risks. We invested additional products without assurance whether it will click or not. From this, I think we are leaders not managers because we seek risk and not avoiding it.

In relation to others: Managers are weighing on how decisions are made rather than what decisions to make while leaders only focused on substance of events and divisions. Sense of self: Managers are perpetuating, strengthening and they feel they are really part of the organization while leaders only struggle to profoundly alter human and economic relationships and feel separate from the organization.  

As one of the managers of a small business, we still consider the feelings of the employees even though we have contracts to follow but still the HEART overrules our mind. Same thing as an instructor, in terms of deadlines I usually give them extensions as considerations and less deduction. 

To wrap things up, it is hard to choose between the two representations because we can be both in any ways and in any forms.