Summary Of Ted's Talk

The biggest difference between managers and leaders is the way they motivate people to follow them. Managers have a position within the organisation, their teams work for them to complete tasks and in turn manage situations as they occur. Leaders on the other hand do not have teams when they are leading. Instead, formal control is given up, as to lead is have followers and this is always a voluntary activity. Telling people what to do does not inspire

In the Ted Talk, the presenter Daniel Reisel talks about how we can change both our society and mindset. Reisel demonstrates an example about prisoners in a high- security and it's filled with aggressive prisoners. He talks about what triggers that behavior that those prisoners have and what can be the cure for them. Reisel talks about the Joe the prisoner and how he tested Joe and his inmates to see their ability to categorize images of emotions. The inmates failed to show emotions and to show physical response for the images they were showed. It showed that the inmates had a deficit in their brain that was ¨amygdala” that was proven by their MRI scan. Amygdala is known for our experience of empathy in which the inmates did not have causing

When we think about what a leader and manager is, most of us will use the same meaning. But in actual fact this is incorrect. We have to look at these two terms differently. What is a manager? A manager is someone who is responsible for directing and controlling the work and staff of a business, or of a department within the organization. So what is a leader? A leader is someone whom people follow, somebody who guides or directs others. Looking at both terms they both are very different. The question is always asked is a manager can be a leader and leader a manager. The true answer is managers are not always leaders, while leaders can be

Much has been written about the difference between management and leadership. In the past, competent management staffs ran effective companies. In light of our ever-changing world, however, most companies have come to realize that it is much more important to lead than to manage. In today's world the old ways of management no longer work. One reason is that the degree of environmental and competitive change we are experiencing is extreme. Although exciting, the world is also very unstable and confused. In an article entitled What’s the Difference between Your Hospital and the Other? Gary Campbell states that the difference between a manager and a leader is that the manager “finds himself quite willing to

After watching the Ted Talk video, I do agree with Hanauer and that inequality within the U.S and the triple down theory will only result in a economic decrease for all. What I found convincing was the overcasting theme of not status nor wealth but, the healthy competition for all classes and genders. This statement is logical and yet, fair, his example was that raising the minimum wage is one way to prevent the trickle theory and the decrease of economic growth. Simply, because rising the minimum wages benefits everyone and sets the foundation for a more equal ideology of economic balance pertaining to the United States.

Leadership vs. Management, are they the same? No!. “A leader focus on setting goals and direction, challenging the norm, and seeking new ways of working towards the goals. On the other side, Managers specialize on conformance to the standards. They manage teams and individuals, organizing, directing and controlling to achieve goals” (EBA, 2016).

The topic of optimism bias, according to the Ted Talk, and overconfidence, from the textbook, are similar in the way they affect a person’s decision making. The Ted Talk conducted by Dr. Tali Sharot discusses optimism bias which is “our tendency to overestimate our likelihood of experiencing good events in our lives and underestimate our likelihood of experiencing bad events.” Overconfidence as described by the textbook is “tendency to overestimate the accuracy of our knowledge and judgements.” Both of these affect our thought process when making a decision. Dr. Sharot describes the studies she has performed in her lab and has seen first hand the way optimism bias influences people’s answers. She observed recently married couples what their

Based on my personal experiences, I can say that a leader and a manager are entirely different. A leader inspires people and forges a way forward for the group they supervise to follow. A leader uses emotional intelligence to captivate the group. In my work experience, I have come across leaders who can inspire others to work hard, such leaders do not use their positional authority, and rather they motivate employees to be productive by creating a feeling of a mutual goal. I had an exceptional leader who possessed charisma power. She had an animated ability to motivate, mentor, and maneuver in ways that captivated anyone around her. She was truly a leader who has all the sources of influence to affect the behavior of

In the Ted Talk shown, the idea that stood out the most is the comparison between the real patient and the “Ipatient” as Dr. Verghese calls it. In today’s world the patient’s records and electronic files are under better care and surveillance than the patient himself. Hospitals and other medical institutions make the mistake of making sure that everything from x-rays to cat scans are well taken care of than doing a physical touch from doctor to patient step by step checkup. Most of the time patients spend time alone wondering where their doctor or nurse is at instead of being at their disposal all the time.

The Oxford English Dictionary describes the word leader as a “person who leads or commands a group, organization, or country” and describes the word manager as a “person responsible for controlling or administering all or part of company or similar organization”. Each of these meanings are very close in proximity however many in the business world have different definitions for each of these roles. Although they are different they are linked and are complementary to each other (Oxford Dictionary (American English)).

To become more effective givers, Mr. Adam grant cited setting appropriate boundaries, paying it forward and trusting most of the people most of the time. In setting appropriate boundaries, people must consider how they give and how to protect their own motivation and opportunity. Givers who extend help to others have the expectation that they too will also assist those in need in the future, this is how the community of givers is created; it grows and expand, and it is how paying it forward goes on. Trusting most of the people most of the time happens when givers who are more effective are sensitive to indications in their environment that may indicate a ‘taker’ personality. Being less giving and less trusting with these individuals will be crucial to protecting themselves. The fear of being taken advantage of by takers and how others may manipulate people make givers do better in assessing whether someone is a taker or a matcher; this will reduce the giving part that will help us and others succeed. “Do good now, continue to do good over time, and eventually your virtue will be rewarded.”

The strength individuals must possess in order to be a giver is something very few people have. And it is this very strength that makes these type of people end up becoming successful. One example of this would be when three other students and I were assigned teams for a senior project in high school. Sarah impressed us with her expertise, but it turned out that Jason, Donte’ and Nat did most of the work; while Sarah only contributed empty promises and lengthy excuses. We had an agreement to meet once a week for an hour before senior seminar to work on the project. But then every week Sarah would walk into class claiming that no one told her, she hadn’t gotten any emails, or she had to care for her elderly grandmother. This project was worth more than half our course grade and the rest of us were getting stressed. The group continued researching articles for the project. Sarah was so out of touch that when she did finally bring an article, it was incorrect. So Jason found another article while Donte’ and Nat wrote it up. The three of us finished the group work. The evening of the presentation, Sarah happily attended the presentation as our group got an A although she didn’t do any of the

The ted talk “The Linguistic Genius of Babies” by Kuhl (2010) tells about babies are genius on language learning, and shows some results of research as proof of this idea. The article “Learning a Language as an Adult” by Pakenham, McEntire, and Williams (2013) shows an idea about the “critical period hypothesis”, children during this period learn much better than people older than this age, especially in pronunciation, because their brain activities are different than adults during this time. Personally, I totally believe the idea of children younger learn better, because the scientific research and data are shown to audiences, and they are persuasive enough. And I do see proof in my life, like four of my Korean friends who came China around

Management and leadership are viewed as two different perspectives in the business environment. As described by Dr. Warren Bennis ‘Managers are people who do things right, while leaders are people who do the right thing’, this means that managers do things by the set rules and follow company policy, while leaders follow their own intuition, which may in turn be of more benefit to the company.

From the various readings, it is hard to differentiate and define the differences between a leader and a manager. Yukl in his book Leadership in Organizations explains that over the past 50 years, there have been varied definitions based on title, occupation, position, behaviors, and traits (p.2). Therefore, we can attempt to define and differentiate leadership and management with what they do and their scope of influencing followers. Yukl defines leadership as being “the process of influencing others to understand and agree what needs doing and how to do it and the process of facilitating individual and collective efforts to accomplish shared objectives” (p7). We can see from the above definition that a leader has “direct” and “indirect” influence in getting employees to accomplish a task (Yukl). On the other hand, a manager leads teams and individuals to complete certain tasks in a more direct manner. A leader’s actions have both immediate and long-term effect, but managers are more concerned with the short-term goals. A good leader is also a good manager; but a good manager is not necessarily a good leader (Yukl, p.6).