Leadership Coaching is probably the most powerful method for developing managers capacity for leadership.
Leadership coaching involves drawing out the individual qualities of managers and insuring that they fully utilize their talents productively to meet the goals of the organisation. From junior to senior managers, organisations and businesses need individuals who can inspire, influence, collaborate, manage and above all, lead.
Learning to Lead
Good leadership cannot be learned only from textbooks or workshops. It must be based upon self confidence, creativity and experience.
Those who want to be a leader can develop leadership ability By empowering and motivating others..
Developing better leadership through coaching is about changing deeply personal, often subconscious characteristics of a manager’s behaviour and fully utilizing ones own talents and strengths. This can only come about through self-understanding and coaching at a personal level.
Effective leadership stems from managers being attuned with their core principles and values, from reaching inside for the authority that comes from personal conviction, and sincerity. Leadership therefore contains a fundamental individuality while leadership is also concerned with the organisations vision and values.
Difference Between Managing and Leading
This site is geared towards both managers and team leaders. While both roles do overlap and many leaders are themselves managers there are some fundamental differences.
Leadership is more about behaviour then skills. Management relies more on organisational skills and planning while leadership relies more on qualities such as confidence, creativity, integrity, commitment, sincerity, charisma and passion. These qualities continue to grow from experience in the leadership role. Leadership involves more then just formal authority but personal charisma, motivating and inspiring those under you.
Leadership involves setting direction, communicating that vision passionately to those they work with, and helping the people they lead understand and commit to that vision. Managers, on the other hand, are responsible for ensuring that the vision is implemented efficiently and successfully.
Many managers tend to be subordinates themselves telling others what to do because there is some sort of transactional (money) benefit involved. Leaders however will often inspire and motivate others by attracting them to their cause often promising transformational benefits claiming it will make them and the organisation better.
While leaders tend to be more risk seeking managers will be more risk adverse preferring stability rather then change.
Also managers pay more attention to tasks. Their goals tend to be more short term and limited. Leaders on the other hand are very achievement focused motivated more by bettering themselves and the organisation and inspiring others to work towards their long term vision.
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