What is Leadership?
• Leaders in business lead AND manage. • There is no sharp disctinction between leadership and management. • They occupy positions of authority. • Leadership is a formal role. • They make strategic decisions. • They are good at managing people. • They have emotional intelligence. • They sell the tickets for a new journey AND take the group to the destination.
Conventional leadership theory is obsolete. It needs to change radically to fit our knowledge driven world. These pages offer a NEW theory of leadership. Issues explored include: Are there any born leaders? Are women better leaders than men? What is leadership style? What is servant leadership? What is transformational leadership? How can leadership be shown bottom-up? • MANAGEMENT: What is management? How does management differ from leadership? Management skills – delegation, time management, communication, coaching, influencing skills and team building. • SELF: Manage yourself more effectively – assertiveness, self esteem, career development, self development, anger control, stress tolerance, coping with personal transitions, making decisions. • SRG – Leadership assessment, talent management and executive coaching. Information about us. Most popular pages: Leadership, Leadership style, Servant leadership, Self Esteem The main aim of this website is to promote a new vision of leadersh
Leadership is the art of getting others to do something you want done because they want to do it. When most people talk about leadership the first image that comes to mind is someone who effectively manages the everyday operations of the organization. However, there is a difference between management and leadership. “Management consists of the rational assessment of a situation and the systematic selection of goals and purposes (what is to be done?); the systematic development of strategies to achieve these goals; the marshalling of the required resources; the rational design, organization, direction and control of the activities required to attain the selected purposes; and, finally, the motivating and rewarding of people to do the work.” In other words, managers are problem solvers. They continually ask the question, “What problem needs to be solved and what are the best ways to achieve that result with the resources available.” A successful manager must be persistent, intelligent an
