Leadership vs Management: Know the difference, know when to switch — and why the best leaders do both 

By Professor Richard Hall In business, we tend to romanticise leadership and marginalise management. Leaders are visionaries. They disrupt markets, break moulds, and inspire movements. Managers? They’re often cast as bureaucrats, focused on the mundane—spreadsheets, budgets, performance reviews.  It’s a seductive narrative. But it’s also flawed. Because while leadership may set the direction, it is […]

The 7-second secret every leader needs to know 

In the first seven seconds of any interaction, before you’ve said a single word, you’ve already communicated volumes about who you are as a leader. This isn’t speculation, it’s science. And the leaders who understand this are the ones who have the kind of influence that moves people.