Executive versus leadership development

What differences are there between executive and leadership development? What should each initiative focus on?

Executive development

  • Key roles and responsibilities
  • Managing resources effectively
  • Getting the best out of people
  • Managing external stakeholders
  • Enhancing efficiency and profitability
  • Emotional intelligence
  • Culture and organization development

Leadership development

  • Cultivating an external focus
  • Searching for new opportunities
  • How to capitalize on innovation
  • Marketing and product development
  • Corporate entrepreneurship
  • Influence styles and tactics
  • Strategic thinking
These lists are not meant to be exhaustive - only illustrative, to make clear the fact that being an executive means occupying a highly responsible role while leadership could be shown by anyone at any level. It is an action pattern or style rather than a role.


 

             

 

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