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Digital leadership 21. March 2021

What is the difference between digital leadership and agile leadership?

Digitization was undoubtedly one of the trending topics in the past year. Contrary to what the talk of the trend suggests, digitization is anything but a temporary phenomenon – it is rather a so-called megatrend: a long-term development that shapes all areas of social life (Source Heap ). In order to implement this, the collective term “Digital Leadership” was formed. Continued to pose Heap the following: Never has the market demanded innovations, solutions and methods so quickly, never has the need for skilled workers been higher and never has work been carried out so closely across borders and time limits. This presents managers with new challenges in personnel management. One possible solution is: agile leadership. So there is agile leadership on the one hand and digital leadership on the other. But what is the difference and which of it is currently optimal in the digital transformation? Agile leadership For executives,…

Digital leadership 21. March 2021

Leadership 4.0 – Digitization in Management

The acceleration of the markets and the increasing complexity of possibilities and requirements demand managers in a previously unknown form: In order to keep pace with the new developments, the management culture has to change Innovation Evangelists . It is, among other things, the task of executives to exemplify, promote and convey values. According to the Innovation Evangelist, they must also promote four criteria in order to be attractive to young professionals: good teamwork, (perceived) meaningfulness of work, compatibility of work and family and personal development. The following article is intended to shed light on how executives could manage such a balancing act. Employee autonomy while maintaining controllability and control A special component that is required of executives should be trust. That’s right, because permanent control is demotivating. Nevertheless, a manager must also maintain constructive control so that activities take place in accordance with the company’s goals. This balancing act…

Digital leadership 21. March 2021

What does e-leadership mean?

The digital change is more than just working with an Internet connection. It is changing the world of work at a rapid and unstoppable speed. Where once in Organizations with control committees and managers were often communicated analogously, there are now networked and project-oriented companies that communicate with one another on the basis of technology. For this there is the buzzword of e-leadership. Definition of e-leadership Electronic leadership or e-leadership does not describe a specific management approach, but specific contextual conditions of leadership and associated special ones Requirements for leadership strategies. This chapter does not use a individual management concept presented, but several management strategies discussed, that are suitable for electronically mediated collaboration (Hertel and Lauer). Also delivers Draws one E-leadership definition: Management takes place in organizations on various hierarchical levels and ranges from top management to middle management to department and team management. Compared to classic leadership, which is mainly realized in direct…

Digital leadership 21. March 2021

Leadership 4.0 – leadership in the digital age

Really good leadership has always been a challenge. That was the case even before the digital transformation. Digitization adds new requirements: unconditional openness, maximum mobility, meaningful networking and high participation. This is leadership in the digital age: high dynamics and complexity. Under the hashtag Leadership 4.0, there are concepts related to the digital leader. But what is behind it and what does leadership mean in the digital age? Leadership 4.0 How digital is leadership? Leadership 4.0 examines this new behavior of managers. There are currently numerous tips for leadership in digital change. For example, shows Heap a model for a digital manager: Openness and trust – I trust my employees and I am open. Openness refers to the open handling of information as well as openness to new things and the joy of experimenting. Speed through digital networking – I use and demand digital media to enable speed, agility and…

Digital leadership 21. March 2021

What is digital leadership and how can it be implemented?

“Digital leadership is a scientific approach to defining the tasks and tools of leadership in times of digitization in general and in phases of transformation into digitization in particular.” This definition can currently be found at Wikipedia . In the course of my research, I examined the term with over 60 executives. For me (Lindner 2019) the term is defined as follows: “Digital leadership is a cross-sectional competence as well as a collective term for various methods, theories and tools that describe leadership and, in particular, leadership competence in the digital age” But what exactly is different about this tour in the digital world. Already that Research project of the Crisp noted the following: A number of high expectations are projected onto the new generation of executives. In addition to a large number of desired characteristics, the digital leader primarily maintains a constructive and continuous exchange with his own IT…

Digital leadership 21. March 2021

Situational leadership – digital or agile leadership?

What does the employee need and what does the respective situation require? If you want to achieve goals, you have to be able to control people flexibly, she says Computer week. Because not only are the employees very different, but also the tasks that have to be mastered in everyday company life. The behavior of executives in managing their areas and employees must be correspondingly flexible, the magazine continues. The more flexible the boss, the better the employees This is the title of an article in of the world , which says: Managers are more successful, the more flexibly they react in day-to-day operations. Sometimes it is important to praise employees, sometimes to blame them. Sometimes active support is right, sometimes the manager has to consciously withdraw. The magazine also says: In day-to-day operations, leadership is often reduced to giving instructions and giving feedback. The targeted development of employees falls…

Digital change 21. March 2021

Digital transformation: better at home than at work?

Already in 2016 the following line was found in the WiWo: “Digitization at the workplace: home office usually better equipped than office”. The hosting service provider Host Europe carried out a survey of 1,000 knowledge workers and came to the conclusion that there was a large discrepancy between digitization in the home office and takes place in the workplace. I would like to get to the bottom of this thesis. You are welcome to say in advance Articles on the digital workplace and the Definition of the digital transformation read. Digital transformation Workplace vs. home office Already on mine Round tables the representatives of the union have shown that home office has already established itself in most German corporations and that virtually every knowledge worker can work at home at least one day a week. I am also allowed to work from home on a regular basis and, like many…

Agile organization 21. March 2021

White paper: Agility in the management of small and medium-sized companies

The digital transformation is one, if not the biggest, challenge for companies in every industry (Laïfi & Josserand 2014). It is only a matter of time before it will find its way into every unit of companies (Lyytinen et al. 2016). Furthermore, trends such as big data and the fourth industrial revolution are being taken up by companies and, together with the digital transformation, pose further challenges for companies (Kaufmann 2015) such as greater complexity and dynamism in markets and companies (Pfläging & Hermann 2015). One approach to mastering this could be the “structural change” of companies (Gloger & Margetich 2014; Laloux 2015; Robertson 2015). The exact implementation of this “change” is currently a controversial topic. Several approaches for a “structural change” emerge in the literature. The basis of the considerations are the theoretical considerations of Laloux (2015), who interprets “evolutionary” structures as sustainable. Anderson & Uhlig (2015) and Nowotny…

Digital change 21. March 2021

The influence of digital transformation on medium-sized IT companies

Digitization has a profound impact on everyday private and professional life. Companies are introducing a series of tools and new technologies to digitally support processes. In addition to their own resources, the companies also like to use external service providers. But that too is changing, as is the service provider Arvato states in his blog: The digital transformation creates new forms of cooperation in the company with external partners such as suppliers, consulting and IT service providers as well as with cooperation partners for the development and marketing of products and services. But how is such a new collaboration designed and what does that mean for German medium-sized companies? Does a classic IT service provider have to reinvent its business model or is it enough to turn a few screws? Digital transformation in medium-sized IT companies What tasks do outsourcing service providers and consultants have in the digital age? That…

Digital change 21. March 2021

Digitization in medium-sized businesses meets tradition

The digitization of all areas of life has led to increasing complexity and companies find themselves in a conflict as a result of this development. One example is medium-sized management consultancy, which is one of the industries that has benefited greatly from digitization. However, primarily as the one who sets up, controls and carries out the large number of projects for the digitization of companies in a wide variety of industries. However, this is often hardly digitized itself. You can find more information in my article too Consulting 4.0 remove. The race for digital supremacy is also characterized by a rapid pace of change. American and Asian companies in particular are in the fast lane and are pushing competitors out of the markets around the world. But what about in Germany? How is the digital transformation progressing in German SMEs? The tradition in the middle class Successfully implementing digital change…