Leaderless Jobs

What? Many managers or bosses consider themselves leaders but sometimes they are the farthest thing from it. Many issues arise from managers and bosses who do not have leadership traits. From trust issues between fellow employees to lack of motivation of employees to do their jobs are some of the major problems that are ever present in a day to day job. I personally experienced this at one of the jobs I used to work at.

So What? In the work place leaders are crucial to to making a business operate smoothly. As I stated above, I learned first hand the disasters of not having a leader in a work environment.Without leadership, a work place can become complete chaos. It can create a negative work environment that makes their employees often feel alienated and low levels of job satisfication as stated by Julian Barling. Being a manager and being a leader are two completely different things according to Dianne Walker's article Effective Leadership in the Workplace. Leadership traits are the foundation of providing
a productive and good work environment within a buisness.

Now What?  Through a variety of ways, people have come to realize that working in an environment with a manager instead of a leader is detrimental to the business, themselves, customers, and fellow employees. Instead if their is a leader, employees are actually more likely to support the leaders decisions, follow their directions, and be more productive. Not only that they are also able to provide a better work environment not only for the employees but also the customers and other people they interact with daily. Needless to say I no longer work at the company that failed to provide a leader. I've come to find that working at a job with a good leader makes all the difference in the world and aspire to potentially become a effective workplace leader!