Leadership v Management

While the terms management and leadership are often used synonymously, they are not the same
thing. A manager is a person in an organisation who is responsible for carrying out the primary
functions of management. Leading is viewed as one of the functions. Many mistakenly assume that
all managers are naturally leaders too.

Leaders are not necessarily managers – a person can become a leader without any formal title. In
practical terms, the end result is that a leader has followers while a manager has staff.

A leader should be able to:

How We Do Things Differently

As people skills experts, we provide confidential coaching and training to support:

• Existing leaders

• New leaders

• Succession planning

• Leaders promoted from a non-people focussed role

Benefits of Working with Us

When good leadership exists, it can be felt throughout the entire organisation –its culture isn’t forced, it’s developed. With good leadership:

• Communication is effective and open.

• The team will be ready for both the known and unknown challenges ahead.

• An understanding of vision and goals of the organisation, increasing team collaboration to improve outcomes.

• The team feel that they are an important part of the whole and that every job within the organisation matters.

• The team are encouraged to be collaborative.

• Tasks are delegated to the right people and work gets done in a timely and efficient manner.