Leadership has become a popular discussion topic. Organisations are looking for more than effective management – to provide unison and a sense of direction.
Leadership does not only exist at the top of organisations. Leadership is needed all the way through an organisation. Most importantly, it is needed at the point where things happen, in the teams that produce the goods and service for the company.
My leadership training looks at what leadership is and how you can develop yourself to become an effective leader, in particular the importance of communication as a leadership skill and activity.
There are many theories of leadership and it used to be thought that you were either a leader or you were not. But it is now widely agreed that most people are capable of developing the skills needed to be effective in the role. There are steps to becoming a leader, along with steps to ensure that you remain an effective leader.
However easy leadership may be to explain, it is not so easy to practice. Leadership is about behaviour first, skills second.
Good leaders get things done and are followed chiefly because people trust and respect them, rather than the skills they possess. Leadership is different to management. Management relies more on planning, organisational and communications skills. Leadership relies on management skills too, but more so for qualities such as integrity, honesty, courage, commitment, sincerity, passion, positivity, wisdom, determination, sensitivity, and a degree of personal charisma.
If you want to develop or enhance these skills please contact me for more details, as I offer one to one leadership coaching/mentoring and/or leadership training for people to develop these skills or for leaders to enhance their role.
For me leadership is about ‘Following your passion and sharing the journey with others’
