This week, we have a relaxed conversation around identifying what you need as a business - is it management, or is it leadership?

With management being more procedural - what needs to get done and how - versus leadership which focuses more on inspiring your people to produce their best, how do you understand which approach is needed and when?

We start the conversation by defining each and asking how business goes about developing leadership skills and management skills - what programmes are available and how you choose the right development approach for your needs. Times are changing, and so is the approach to developing leadership skills, especially considering changing working environments, and so we touch on this aspect.

Conversation then moves to how organisations frame a role, and how the language they use to describe leadership or management gives candidates a snapshot of how that organisation perceives positions of responsibility.

Chris proposes that management tends to focus on what has occurred, versus leaders that tend to look forward at what is yet to come - perhaps this is a differentiator? Is one bad and one good?

Overall, it is important to realise that modern business needs elements from both, and both roles have their place in making an organisation successful. 

Enjoy this weeks episode and, as always, we would love to engage with you on the topic. Join the conversation on our LinkedIn page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/the-peopletalk-podcast/