Saturday, June 11, 2016

Leadership style


Is your leadership style fitting with the digital era?

By Giorgia Madonno Marco Polo Consulting


In the attached article we can find a very interesting reflection on how the leadership style has changed over the years. Command and control, we know, does not work anymore an open approach is now needed.

"Advancement in digital technologies has disrupted everything, including leadership styles, according to Barry Libert, Jerry Wind and Megan Beck Fenley. Employees want more ownership rather than to follow instruction; customers want to participate in the marketing and development process; and leaders are finding that open and agile organizations are able to maneuver more effectively than organizations where “all insight and direction comes from the top. In short, the autocratic Commander, whether brilliant or misguided, just won’t cut it anymore,” they write in this opinion piece."by "World economic forum"

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