Are you really leading?
Featured in the The Twenty-first Century Leader training manual
By Larry Reynolds
Category: Leadership
Credit price: 3 download credits (Single user)
One of the key features that distinguish a leader from a manager is that the leader is never content with how things are. Leaders like to challenge the status quo. There are different ways of doing this. One is the revolutionary approach – to find ways of doing things radically different virtually overnight. The other is more evolutionary – finding ways to do things just a little better; day after day. This training activity explores the relative merits of both approaches.
A discussion on the difference between leading and managing ends with the recognition that leaders challenge the status quo. Participants compare the two ways of challenging the status quo in business – by innovation (revolution) and by continuous improvement (evolution).
Who is it for: This training resource is intended for use by trainers to encourage participants to distinguish between leading and managing, and facilitate the conclusion that leaders challenge the status quo. The participants go on to compare innovation and continuous improvement.
| Resource Type: | Activity |
| Min Group Size: | 4 |
| Max Group Size: | 20 |
| Typical Duration: | 01:30:00 |
| No of Pages: | 15 |
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Additional resources: Thin card, evelopes
Purpose: This training resource is intended for use by trainers towards the beginning of a leadership development programme. It is a useful precursor to ‘Innovation’, ‘Continuous improvement’, and ‘Creativity and problem solving’.
Download the training activity, Are you really leading? as featured in the Fenman training manual; The Twenty-first Century Leader