Manager Interview About Leadership

What is leadership?

Leadership is something that provides a vision and a pathway to achieve a set of goals aimed at a group. It is something that brings together different individuals as one particular entity to realize an objective. Leadership motivates other people to do things. In this process, the people are benefitted from the person’s skills, knowledge, and experience who becomes their leader. Leadership is an adventurous job where one cannot be sure about achieving targets. The other name of the leadership is responsibility- The responsibility of controlling his subordinates as well as getting the job done. It is a big responsibility of the leader to get the job done through other people.

How are leaders created?

Leaders are created through some believe they are born some believe that leaders are not created overnight. They have to be nurtured and identified from their activities and motives. The environment plays an important role in this where a person is nurtured that develops their characteristics which could mold them into a leader.

Do the leaders have exceptional powers?

I believe that leaders do have exceptional powers like strong vision, strong leadership traits, strong self-belief, a strong mindset, and above all high moral values. Their actions are highly ethical. They can inspire others as their personality is charismatic. They have very good communication skills and they can put a strong influence on their followers. Their confidence level is very high and they are courageous as they are never nervous in taking any risks.

One could find a different view that Leaders don’t have exceptional powers. They are one among us who are just able to envision a process through which all can contribute towards an objective

Do all the great organizations depend upon great leadership?

Yes, all organizations do depend upon great leadership. Unless all individuals come together and tread on a common path, there’s no way an organization can reach great heights. All this is done by good leadership. I feel that a great organization flourish due to great leadership. It is fully dependent on a great leader to lead its organization up to that level where it can achieve all its targets to go to the top level.

What are the variables that can affect the effectiveness of any leadership?

There are a few variables that affect the effectiveness of any leadership: the characteristics of a leader; characteristics of a follower and the nature of the environment that involves the leader and followers. A leader’s effectiveness depends upon his ability to relate himself with all these variables. To maintain effectiveness a leader has always to focus on such variables.

A leader should be able to deal with all the changes coming from the relationship between all three variables. He should be flexible in his attitude to deal with others. I would like to list a few as follows; to list a few, the variables can be:

1. Man management
2. Imagination
3. Humility
4. Ability to be one among the group.
5. Ability to set examples
6. Ability to motivate
7. Ability to make the best use of available resources at hand

What purpose does a manager fulfill?

The manager acts as an interface between the upper hierarchy and the lower hierarchy. Thus, it enables a tree structure for any organization. A manager also serves as a leader in the module he is designated with. A manager is a person who manages the operations of an organization and in doing so he applies all his skills. He not manages the organization but also manages people around him so they support him in all the functions related to the organization. By playing the role of a leader and applying all his traits of leadership he accomplishes all the tasks and goals set for the organization.

What are the responsibilities and roles of a manager?

As said above, the responsibility and role of a manager are to achieve goals set for the organization. He is responsible for the growth of his organization and its staff. : A manager is one such part of an organization, which plays an important role in breaking an organization into different small modules. Now, the manager has to manage that module effectively so that module is effective and efficient enough to achieve the objective set for the organization which subsequently contributes to the success of an organization. Apart from this, the manager also has to see that the member of the module also grows along with the organization. So, a manager has to play a dual role.

Why should a manager care about the motivation of his staff?

A manager should care about the motivation of his staff because a motivated staff always provides the best output. They should always care about the motivation of their staff as it helps in the growth of any organization. It maintains the atmosphere of the organization healthy and progressive. Motivation always encourages the staff to do good and they feel themselves part of the organization as a family. Such kind of deed always improves the productivity of an organization.

How can management actively be evaluated?

The management can be evaluated in one possible way and that is whether individuals can grow with time. Growth has to be assessed by an increase in the skills, knowledge, and welfare of the individual. If the answer to this is affirmative, then management is doing well.

How can management be enhanced?

Management can only be enhanced by effectively utilizing the resources and also making every individual realize his role in achieving the objective set for an organization.

What can a manager do for his staff’s motivation?

A manager has to necessarily make each staff realize how important their role to the organization. He has to make the staff feel that they are a part of the organization. If they give their best, the organization does well and hence employees are benefited. A manager should always encourage them verbally as well as by awarding them with some gifts or bonuses based on their good performances. A manager should always pat his staff for their good work.

Who is benefitted from improved productivity?

Both the organization and the staff are benefitted from it. I believe the staff benefits more in this case. To perceive it in a better way, everyone in the organization is benefitted from improved productivity from a CEO to a peon. If the production quality of an organization is superb it will help in the growth of the organization and when an organization grows, everyone grows.

How should a manager respond to a good performance?

A manager should always use appreciating words and encourage his staff when they perform well. It gives them a morale boost and they are encouraged to perform better in the future. I would list some points as follows:

1. Monetary
2. Increasing the responsibility
3. A pat on the back
4. Recognizing the good performance among other staff as well

How should a manager respond to poor performance?

A manager should never discourage any of his staff when he is not able to give a good performance as it may lessen his confidence to do something good. Rather they should be encouraged to do good by treating affectionately. A manager should try to comprehend the situation in which his staff has done any mistake and he should inspire his staff so he can perform in a good way.to list it as follows:

1. Don’t put the performance down.
2. Remind me of what all the staff has achieved earlier.
3. Sit with the staff and try to find out what has been the problem.
4. Identify the problem, then suggest ways to improve on it.
5. Reprimand if the case is regular, Encourage if there is effort and willingness to improve

What could be the causes of conflict between individuals, groups, and organizations?

The causes of conflicts can be:

1. Clash of egos
2. Clash of interests
3. The feeling of not being equal
4. Clash of ideas.

What is the role of a manager in the management of a conflict and its positive and negative implications?

The role of a manager has to resolve the conflicts. Else, the organization will not be producing the output expected. He should be in the apposition of resolving issues amicably.

What could be the strategies to resolve a conflict?

The manager has to make the staff realize his/her importance in achieving a particular objective. Only effective communication between the manager and the staff and also among the individuals can help to identify the cause of conflict and help resolve it.

What is the importance of communication?

Effective communication helps in the identification of the cause of conflict which in turn helps in resolving it. Also, it helps in developing a sense of togetherness and belonging with the organization. Communication in our life is very important as it helps us to understand the views of others and in an organization, communication among all the employees play an important role in its progress. In the lack of proper communication, an organization may fail to achieve its goal. Proper communication is the key to the success of any organization.

What are the use of Verbal communication and non-verbal behaviors?

Verbal communication adds a personal touch to the communication pattern in the organization. Non-verbal just helps inflow of information.

What could be the barriers to effective communication?

The barriers to effective communication can be being averse to the idea of communication. Again, the ego can also be one of the reasons. If the staff doesn’t identify him/her with the organization and objective of the organization, this will lead to problems ineffective communication. Effective communication can face some obstacles like physical barriers; emotional barriers; cultural barriers; language barriers; gender barriers etc. different territories, personalities, and different looks affect communication. Emotional barriers also affect communication that includes mistrust, fear, and suspicion for the coworker.

Cultural barriers also put influence communication where people have to adjust according to the behavior of the group that they join. One more important aspect that may affect the communication is language barrier where a person is unable to understand the other person’s language due to territory differences. The gender barrier is an equally important feature that affects communication. Sometimes we may find difficulty in two different genders’ communication which could be due to their ego or some shyness.

How would you explain formal and informal communication systems within and between organizations and the techniques to improve them?

I would explain formal and informal communication systems within organizations as follows:

1. regular review system
2. regular recreation activities within the team.

To summarize the above interview I would say that Managers are the real performers who are the foundation of any organization and on which the organization’s success depends. As great as the manager as great is the organization. A manager is a person who manages the operations of an organization and in doing so he applies all his skills. He not manages the organization but also manages people around him so they support him in all the functions related to the organization.

By playing the role of a leader and applying all his traits of leadership he accomplishes all the tasks and goals set for the organization. He acts as an interface between the upper hierarchy and the lower hierarchy. Thus, it enables a tree structure for any organization. A manager also serves as a leader in the module he is designated with.

His responsibility to manage the organization skillfully and based on his experiences, make the organization successful. He is responsible for the growth of his organization and its staff. : A manager is one such part of an organization, which plays an important role in breaking an organization into different small modules. Now, the manager has to manage that module effectively so that module is effective and efficient enough to achieve the objective set for the organization which subsequently contributes to the success of an organization. Apart from this, the manager also has to see that the member of the module also grows along with the organization. So, a manager has to play a dual role.

For the success of any organization, it is just that the manager should encourage his staff. A manager should always use appreciating words and encourage his staff when they perform well. It gives them a morale boost and they are encouraged to perform better in the future.

In the scene of poor performance, he should never discourage his staff. A manager should never discourage any of his staff when he is not able to give a good performance as it may lessen his confidence to do something good. Rather they should be encouraged to do good by treating affectionately. A manager should try to comprehend the situation in which his staff has done any mistake and he should inspire his staff so he can perform in a good way.

A manager should always realize that he is one of the leaders of the organization and he must adhere to his reputation which may affect the reputation of an organization. Leadership is something that provides a vision and a pathway to achieve a set of goals aimed at a group. It is something that brings together different individuals as one particular entity to realize an objective. Leadership motivates other people to do things.

In this process, the people are benefitted from the person’s skills, knowledge, and experience who becomes their leader. Leadership is an adventurous job where one cannot be sure about achieving targets. The other name of the leadership is responsibility- The responsibility of controlling his subordinates as well as getting the job done. It is a big responsibility of the leader to get the job done through other people.

all organizations do depend upon great leadership. Unless all individuals come together and tread on a common path, there’s no way an organization can reach great heights. All this is done by good leadership. I feel that a great organization flourish due to great leadership. It is fully dependent on a great leader to lead its organization up to that level where it can achieve all its targets to go to the top level.

I believe that leaders do have exceptional powers like strong vision, strong leadership traits, a strong belief in self, a strong mindset, and above all high moral values. Their actions are highly ethical. They can inspire others as their personality is charismatic. They have very good communication skills and they can put a strong influence on their followers. Their confidence level is very high and they are courageous as they are never nervous in taking any risks. A manager having all these exceptional powers can make the organization successful.

The management can be evaluated in one possible way and that is whether individuals can grow with time. Growth has to be assessed by an increase in the skills, knowledge, and welfare of the individual. If the answer to this is affirmative, then management is doing well. Management can only be enhanced by effectively utilizing the resources and also making every individual realize his role in achieving the objective set for an organization.

A manager should care about the motivation of his staff because a motivated staff always provides the best output. A manager has to necessarily make each staff realize how important their role to the organization. He has to make the staff feel that they are a part of the organization. If they give their best, the organization does well and hence employees are benefited. A manager should always encourage them verbally as well as by awarding them with some gifts or bonuses based on their good performances. A manager should always pat his staff for their good work.

Both the organization and the staff are benefitted from it. I believe the staff benefits more in this case. To perceive it in a better way, everyone in the organization is benefitted from improved productivity from a CEO to a peon. If the production quality of an organization is superb it will help in the growth of the organization and when an organization grows, everyone grows. A manager is one of the important person who can make an organization shine like a star.