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If leaders habitually delegate management issues to HR, their people will soon lose respect for them, warns a consultant who says leaders shouldn't just set standards, but more actively enforce them too.

Organisations often talk about how to manage, and how to lead, without bringing the two things together, says EMA director and principal consultant Ashleigh Smith.

And many people receive leadership training, "yet when it comes to managing, they expect HR to do it", Smith tells HR Daily. This might provide short-term gains, but it will have a longer-term cost...