Developing senior management could help to inspire a new generation of leaders.

Research by the Institute of Leadership and Management suggests that poor leadership could be stifling a significant proportion of young workers and putting them off becoming the business leaders of the future.

27% of workers between the ages of 18-24 said that bad management was reason enough to leave their jobs, 28% said that a negative experience has already put them off becoming a manager in the future and a quarter felt that they could do a better job than their current manager.

If over a quarter of the young workforce lack professional respect for their managers, are prepared to leave their jobs as a result and do not aspire to become managers themselves – this constitutes a big problem for the productivity of UK businesses.

Dale Morgan, CEO of TCHC, the company responsible for running the Leadership & Management Advisory Service in the East of England, suggests that one of the problems for many organisations is that business leaders, particularly in SMEs, need to know how to motivate their managers:

“Good leadership requires articulating a vision for the company where managers and employees understand their roles implicitly, have the freedom to do their jobs effectively and understand the direction the company is taking so that they feel part of the company’s success.”

Charles Ray, an expert in working in team building in dysfunctional organisations explains the important difference between good leadership and good management:

“The difference between leadership and management is that management is the science of doing things right and efficiently, according to procedures, while leadership is the art of doing the right thing in the first place.

“Poor leadership saps the morale and spirit of every member of an organization, contributing to absenteeism, high rates of turnover and burnout.

“When managers - those who must carry out leadership directives - are not motivated by effective leaders, they become less motivated to worry about carrying out tasks in an effective or efficient manner.”

From his experience running the Leadership and Management Advisory Service, Dale Morgan explains how professional coaching can help:

“One of the most effective ways of helping small business leaders we have encountered whilst running the Leadership & Management programme, is coaching or mentoring.

“This enables a senior executive to take time away from the day-to-day management of their business and work on their vision for the company by discussing goals and setting realistic targets with an independent business expert who can look at the business in a different way.”

Rob Jupp, Director of Savills Lending Solutions, is one beneficiary of a coaching programme subsidised by the Leadership & Management Advisory Service:

“I had never had any sort of executive coaching before and I found it invaluable. It was the difference between keeping me sane and keeping the company going”

“I’m definitely calmer, more forward thinking and my long-term vision for the company is much clearer.”

With the economy in a fragile state, productivity is the buzz word in almost every workplace up and down the country. For many organisations, a real increase in productivity will have to be inspired by good leadership bringing the best out of managers and particularly young employees working in front-line services.

A subsidised coaching programme through the Leadership and Management Advisory Service can help SME leaders to experience how it can give them a fresh approach to the way they run their business and get more out of their employees.

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Notes to Editors

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