In your initial discussion post,

1) Define the difference between managers and leaders.

2) Discuss the important characteristics of an ideal leader.

3) Describe the traits you possess that support your selected leadership style that you discussed in Week 1 (leadership styles are transformative, transactional, and servant).

4) Identify the traits needed to promote transformational change for leaders that wish to incorporate long-lasting innovations (i.e., technology, new service delivery techniques or models) in the human services field.