Leadership & Management Series

Management & Leadership On this second edition of the Knowledge Sharing Series, I will share with you, my learnings and journey down management lane. I will talk about my understanding of the difference between management and leadership, whether people are born leaders or learn to be leaders, cultural considerations in leadership and management and the types of leadership I have been exposed to.  As I shared on my first blog tittle “ Leadership in Challenging Times ”, I believe that, my Social Work education did not prepare me to lead or manage. I believe that I had people’s skills and I had a solid knowledge of the issues impacting the population I was working with and I believed that I was ready to move away from frontline work. I believe I operated instinctively and most importantly, I was committed to the work (clients, teams and organizations). I’d like to remind you (the readers) that this is not an academic article on the topics I mentioned above and instead, this is...

At times such as the one we are living now due to the Covid-19 pandemic, when many of us have had to close our doors and work remotely to continue to provide some level of service to those we have been entrusted to serve, managing can be much more  challenging.  Share Knowledge Consulting aims to provide a platform for managers and leaders to engage and support each other by sharing knowledge. Nurture your relationship with your team : Find creative ways to continue to nurture the relationship you have with your team or if you don’t have a good relationship with your team, cease this moment to reset and start over. Be responsive and proactive : If working remotely, ensure that your team has the support and resources they need to continue to work and feel productive. Establish clear protocols and policies to guide and protect your team while they work from home. Use technology to stay connected : Find a balance between excessive checking-in on your...

Setting the Contexts Skillful leadership is essential for achieving outcomes set by organizations in any sector. Under common circumstances, leaders face many challenges during the course of their work as they aim to stay true to and bring to life their organization’s strategic direction (mandate: values, mission and priorities). Leaders are required to manage systems, lead people and facilitate processes.     I have been in middle management for over 15 years and for 13 of those years I learned everything I knew about leadership and management, by watching others and by trial and error. My Social Work education did not prepare me to lead nor did it prepare me to manage a not-for-profit business. In fact, my Social Work education did not prepare me for conceiving, planning, overseeing the implementation and evaluation of programs. It also did not prepare me to work alongside and lead other persons in the delivery of service to clients. I relied on my instinct, my sense of ju...