TY  - JOUR
AB  - Purpose Responding to a call from the conference “Becoming a leader: A matter of education?”, this paper aims to raise awareness of the challenge for individuals of performing both leadership and management activities and draws attention to the need for a new approach to educating and training leader-managers.Design/methodology/approach Based on the existing literature and discussions from the abovementioned conference, the paper questions the current approaches which either merge the leadership and management functions or treat them as mutually exclusive roles and offers instead a dual approach that emphasizes the capacity of individuals to switch mindsets.Findings Managing and leading are distinct activities with different goals and means that need to co-exist. Individuals should be prepared to either manage or lead depending on the situation and to change their mindset accordingly. Education and training programs should be designed for this purpose.Originality/value The paper proposes a dual “leading-managing mix” and discusses the challenges of its implementation by individuals. The discussion of the implications for training and education will be of value to practitioners as well as educators and training specialists.
VL  - 30
IS  - 6
SN  - 1477-7282
DO  - 10.1108/DLO-07-2016-0056
UR  - https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-07-2016-0056
AU  - Nguyen Nhien
AU  - Hansen Jens Ørding
PY  - 2016
Y1  - 2016/01/01
TI  - Becoming a leader-manager: a matter of training and education
T2  - Development and Learning in Organizations: An International Journal
PB  - Emerald Group Publishing Limited
SP  - 10
EP  - 12
Y2  - 2024/04/18
ER  -