Where do leadership and managerial skills overlap?
It is important to recognize that leadership and managerial skills overlap. In implementing an enterprise risk management initiative, we need to clearly delineate the leadership and managerial functions of key personnel. Clearly, the individual responsible for the switch from a targeted approach to an enterprise-wide initiative must have the leadership skills necessary to define, communicate and motivate others to execute while having some skill at planning, organizing and controlling. This leader must be positioned at the executive table and have credibility at all levels of the organization. On the other hand, those charged with execution must be very skilled at the management disciplines while having some leadership responsibility within their defined areas of responsibility. For example, a manager in charge of safety initiatives designed to protect staff and reduce the companys workers compensation experience modification rate would need to clearly define the need, communicate it t
