Imagine that you are an expert in the principles of business leadership. You have been invited to present at a conference held for some of the top executives at Fortune 500 companies. Your assigned topic is leveraging leadership to maximize business success.
Create a 15- to 20-slide presentation in which you address the following:
• Introduction to leadership
o Explain the differences between management and leadership and how cultivating leadership skills in managers can benefit the organization.
o Explain how managers can set effective expectations for their employees to increase organizational performance.
• Organizational culture
o Describe how managers, when applying leadership principles, can contribute to a healthy organizational culture.
• Managerial control
o Identify some key control mechanisms and describe how management can apply them to aid in achieving organizational goals.
• Leveraging diversity
o Summarize some best practices for leading a diverse workforce, and the benefits that can come to the organization through leveraging diversity.