It primarily contributed to understanding the impact of personal characteristics and individual behaviors of effective leaders and their role in making organizations successful. Along with having vision, effective leaders are said to facilitate the development of a shared vision and value the human resources of their organizations. Leaders versus Managers. The skills of a manager facilitate the work of an organization because they ensure that what is done is in accord with the organization's rules and regulations. The skills of a leader ensure that the work of the organization is what it needs to be.
Leaders facilitate the identification of organizational goals.
They initiate the development of a vision of what their organization is about. The central theme of the research is that those who find themselves supervising people in an organization should be both good managers and good leaders. Current leadership literature frequently characterizes the leader as the vision holder, the keeper of the dream, or the person who has a vision of the organization's purpose. Organizational vision involves having a complete picture of a system's components as well as an understanding of their interrelationships. Personal vision includes the leader's personal aspirations for the organization and acts as the impetus for the leader's actions that will link organizational and future vision.