Leadership and Management – don’t confuse the roles. Great managers are not leaders-in-waiting, and great leaders are not more advanced managers.

Leaders look outward. They look to the future, strategize, seek alternate routes, and plan. They are visionaries and communicators who must focus on that which is universal in their organization.

Managers look inward. Inside the company and inside each individual to find talent, motivational triggers, goals, needs, and style. They must focus on the individual to turn talent into performance.

The common outlook of manager as “leader-in-waiting” degrades the role of manager to a not-yet-ready state and the outlook of leader as a more advanced manager diminishes the importance of vision and strategy.

As a Leadership Consultant, Kevin will act as a facilitator to help individuals and companies achieve their objectives by clarifying core values and strengths, developing action plans, and by illuminating principles, vision and mission.

As a Management Consultant, Kevin helps managers realize the importance and impact of their role within the organization. Kevin will assist managers in understanding the individuality, personality, and talent of the people they are responsible for. And he coaches managers in recognizing their own values, purpose and talent so that they can achieve lasting success.

The company that overlooks or confuses the difference between leader and manager will suffer. They will loose the catalystic value of each role and fail to develop the strengths of their leaders and managers.

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