Leader or Manager?

Carol McLachlan FCA

worksmartplayhard.co.uk

The world is changing…The new:

• Terminology, labels

• Complexity

• Pace of change

• Living with ambiguity

And the not so new:

• Competition

• Balancing multiple, conflicting roles

• Beyond comfort zone

Definitions

• Leadership - the creation of a vision about a desired future state which seeks to enmesh all members of an organisation in its net (Bryman. 1986)

• Management - in contrast tends to involve a preoccupation with the here and now of goal attainment. (Bryman. 1986)

Leader or Manager?

People

• Vision

• Setting direction

• Aligning people

• Motivating

• Inspiring

• Produces change and transformation

Process

• Planning

• Organising

• Staffing

• Controlling

• Problem solving

• Produces key results

Tech

Success at work is 80% dependent on Emotional Intelligence – only 20% on IQHR Magazine – 1997 (Based on work by Goleman)

fixed→growth mindset

Carol Dweck

Your questions?

Leader or Manager?

Carol McLachlan FCA

worksmartplayhard.co.uk