Developing leadership and management skills

DEVELOPING
LEADERSHIP &
MANAGEMENT
SKILLS

Table of Contents
INTRODUCTION................................................................................................................................3
1.1 Describe the at least three interpretations linked with leadership and management.................3
1.2 Justify distinction drawn between leadership & management concepts....................................4
2.1 Explain range of approaches for developing leaders and managers..........................................5
2.2 Discuss the role of L& D function in providing leadership & management development.......6
3.1 Identify indicators of success for leadership and management development program-mes.....7
3.2 Justify methods to ensure the success of leadership and management development program-
mes...................................................................................................................................................8
CONCLUSION..................................................................................................................................10
REFERENCES...................................................................................................................................11
Books& Journal:............................................................................................................................11

INTRODUCTION
Marketing is broader and wider concept in which leadership & management is involved at
depth. These two practices are the way of individual success & enterprise. Without these two it is
not possible for any organisation to achieve goals & objectives in appropriate manner. Virgin
Group, which is the largest multinational corporation dealing with variety of products, goods &
services. Sir Richard Branson is the founder of Virgin Group and is great leader who motivates as
well as influence others in positive way. This report includes concept leadership & management,
comparison between the two, range of approaches, role of L& D function, indicators for success for
development programmes and success of leadership & management development programmes.
1.1 Describe the at least three interpretations linked with leadership and management
Leadership is defined as getting work done through others by influencing their decisions. It
is process in which leader motivates its followers for development, motivation, etc. Leaders can be
both self-made or by born. It depends upon qualities & characteristics of individual. In relation with
Virgin Group, Sir Richard Branson is a leader with effective traits such he is make decisions and
learns from mistakes, think different from others, listen and learn from everyone etc. With such
traits he is able to influence his employees as well as others. In leadership, every leader has unique
style of leadership for example- Branson has democratic and participative style (Jardon, 2019).
Management refers to managing and maintaining of functions as well as operations of
organisation. It includes five steps which are planning, organising, staffing, leading, directing &
controlling. In management, role of leadership is wider because to manage something one needs to
lead others in proper manner. Through management, by assembling all the above functions together
it becomes easy to achieve goals in organisation. Management is also the base of firm because they
act as intermediaries or say source for both the parties; superior’s authorities & employees.
(Taborga, 2019).
Both leadership as well as management are dependent on each other. Without management, leaders
can not apply their style in appropriate manner. These are the concepts which assist entities to
perform in better way. In relevance with Virgin Group, management of firm is well organised which
makes easier for leader & managers to perform their roles as well as responsibilities properly. Each
& every enterprise use frameworks, models & approaches to understand this concept easily. These
are time consuming process but useful as well as beneficial for organisation.
After a brief analysis of above matter it is stated that to run business smoothly & effectively

it is essential to implement and manage leadership as well as management at every phase of
business. Through this, firm is able to focus on their activities also explore new opportunities. So,
both these L & M are mostly concerned with human interaction and which requires specific skills as
well as knowledge. Thus, when using these two proper consideration is to be considered so that
people are able to handle their roles & responsibilities in entity (Aftab, 2016).
1.2 Justify distinction drawn between leadership & management concepts
BASIS LEADERSHIP MANAGEMENT
MEANING It is defined as process of
influencing other decisions to
achieve objectives.
It refers to managing and
monitoring all the activities,
functions and operations of
business.
CONCEPT
Main motive of the concept is
to assemble all the people
together for common desired
goals.
In this, main motive is to get
the result with minimum effort
of manpower.
CONTINUITY
Process of leadership is a
continuous process because a
true leader never stops
influencing other decisions.
Management is not continuity
approach because it part of
firm runs with business which
can be break or stopped at any
time.
TIME PERIOD
In this, time period of
leadership is both short & long
depending upon the style of
leader.
In management, time period is
unknown because firm
activities are in process all the
time.
From the above distinction between leadership as well as management it is seen that both are
dependent but different from each other (Galli, 2017). Continuity of leadership is continuous