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  Leadership and Management Development

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Leadership and management 

development defined

Leadership and management development 

programmes ensure that managers have the 

leadership and managerial qualities required to 

achieve success.

Leadership

Leadership means inspiring people to do their best to 

achieve a desired result. It involves developing and 

communicating a vision for the future, motivating 

people and securing their engagement.

Management

Defined as deciding what to do and then getting it 

done through the effective use of resources.

Leadership development compared with 

management development

Leadership development tends to be concerned with 

nurturing the softer skills of leadership through 

various educational processes, including formal 

learning events and programmes and coaching.

Management development relies more on 

ensuring that managers have the right sequence of 

experience, which may be supplemented by 

self-directed learning and courses on management 

techniques. Further guidance may be provided by 

coaching and from mentors. Management 

Key learning points: Leadership and management development

development programmes traditionally also cover 

leadership skills.

Leadership development

Leadership development programmes prepare 

people for leadership roles and situations beyond 

their current experience.

Management development

Management development is concerned with 

improving the performance of managers in their 

present roles, preparing them to take on greater 

responsibilities in the future and also developing 

their leadership skills.

Formal approaches to management development 

consist of processes and events planned and 

provided by the organization. They include planned 

experience, coaching and mentoring, action learning, 

outdoor learning, performance management, formal 

training and structured self-development.

Informal approaches to management 

development make use of the learning experiences 

that managers encounter during the course of their 

everyday work.

Responsibility for management 

development

Individual managers are largely responsible for their 

own development but need guidance, support and 

encouragement from their own managers and the  

HR function.

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