Email: Starting new corporate job as a manager. Any tips? (Germany)
Currently, leaders are juggling a growing series of paradoxical demands – do more with less, cut costs but innovate, think globally but act locally. They’re facing an unprecedented pace of disruptive changes with an increasing pressure on organisations to adapt, innovate & evolve.
There’s a significantly amplified need for versatile leaders to inspire, developing an ability to cope with many surprising scenarios, demonstrating curiosity to learn & build skills to resolve competing priorities. Versatility is key. Versatile leaders have more engaged, higher performing teams. More malleable, creative. Here’s a Practical model from MIT Sloan with an emphasis on versatile leadership. There’s a big distinction between how we lead (behaviour, belief, influence, passion) & what we lead (focus, challenges, vision, plans, goals). Both are necessary, each complemented by the other.
