Which of the following tasks represents a leadership responsibility?
Click the button next to the correct answer choice. After you have read the feedback, explore the other choices. Note: Your first selection will be used in tallying your score.
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Organizing projects
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Not the best choice.
Organizing projects is a management, not a leadership task. Other management tasks include staffing, planning, controlling, and problem solving. Managing and leading are distinct but complementary tasks. Managing involves coping with complexity, while leading involves coping with change. Managing requires bringing order and predictability to a situation, while leading involves adapting to changing circumstances.
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Aligning people
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Correct choice.
Aligning people to a vision is a core leadership task. To align people, you solicit input and discussion from a wide range of people, help people to comprehend a vision of an alternative future, and get them to believe in and become energized by this vision once it is understood. Other leadership tasks include setting direction and motivating others. Managing and leading are distinct but complementary tasks. Managing involves coping with complexity, while leading involves coping with change. Managing requires bringing order and predictability to a situation, while leading involves adapting to changing circumstances.
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Budgeting
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Not the best choice.
Budgeting is a management, not a leadership, task. Other management tasks include staffing, planning, controlling, and problem solving. Managing and leading are distinct but complementary tasks. Managing involves coping with complexity while leading involves coping with change. Managing requires bringing order and predictability to a situation, while leading involves adapting to changing circumstances.
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