Business class

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 Microsoft®

PowerPoint®

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. 

Support your presentation with the concepts discussed 

in class and from the text, and your personal 

experiences.

Include the speaker notes.