Develop Your Leadership and Management Skills

1. Leadership and Management

2. Leadership and Management • Leadership and Management are the core and fundamental tenents of any business, with-out Leadership and Mangement, effectively there is no business. • Taking control of the Leadership and Management role provides the steering, the motivation, values and vison that are so vital to business and organisational goals.

3. Leadership • Leadership is defined as ‘the process of interaction in which the leader influences others toward a goal/achievement’ (Yukl, 1998) • The term suggests that there is a strong relationship formed between the leader and the follower.

4. Characteristics of Leadership • Guiding Vision • Clarity is vital, visionaries are often thought-leaders and creative thinkers – innovators even. • Passion • Passion and belief, self-confidence and motivation. • Integrity • Honesty, truth, awareness qualities which are all developed through experience and cannot be taught.

5. Management • Management is defined as: • ‘The process by which a manager of an organisation efficiently utilises resources to achieve its overall goals at a minimum cost and maximum profit.

6. Skills of Managers • Analytical and Problem Solving • The ability to see opportunities within a problem, strong determination, and the ability to analyse complex situations. • Personal Characteristics • Empathy, communicaton skills, strength of character, flexibility and understanding

7. Leadership and Management • As you can see leadership and management go hand in hand, there are multiple cross-functional disciplines that have to be mastered • To become effective in leadership and mangement, it is a good idea to develop skill with an ILM Level 5 Diploma.