Book tip: "Digital doesn't matter
The book "Digital doesn't matter" by management consultant Barbara Liebermeister underscores the need for leadership in the digital age. However, trust is just as necessary.
Digital does matter! Today, many things are changing digitally. This unsettles many managers. Because they are confronted with completely new challenges and questions in the networked world: What impact does increasing complexity and networking have on leadership? What kind of leadership behavior will be required in the future? How can I inspire my employees - and in particular digital natives - to support me, my ideas and my plans? And: Is leadership still in demand at all in the VUCA world?
VUCA - not a phrase
VUCA is an abbreviation for: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity. In a nutshell, these are exactly the conditions in which executives have to make decisions today. It is obvious that the demands on the executive have changed dramatically in recent years and that the staccato of change is drumming ever more extremely on senior executives.
Managers must be able to deal with the digital reality; unfortunately, justified fears of failure often find no place in everyday business life. Answers to fundamental questions are provided to executives and (project) managers, HR managers and consultants in the new book by management consultant Barbara Liebermeister "Digital ist egal: Mensch bleibt Mensch - Führung entscheidet". In it, the founder and director of the Institute for Leadership Culture in the Digital Age (IFIDZ), Frankfurt, provides readers with the certainty:
Orientation important
There is no need to panic. Because in the modern, digital world, many things are changing, but not everything: People remain people, and leadership must change, but is more in demand than ever. Because the more diffuse, unstable, and change-ridden the corporate environment is, the more employees long for stability and orientation. And the more "soulless" the technologies used are, the more they want an emotional leader who is also a role model, a source of impetus and ideas, and a motivator for them.
Successful leaders
The leader of tomorrow, according to Liebermeister's credo, is empathetic and an excellent networker. The author creates meaning and inspires people for ideas and visions because of her personality. She is convinced that relationships with and between people, not technologies, are the key success factor in the 21st century. In the digital age, people are finally taking center stage.
For more information about the book and the author, in addition to Amazon, visit the IFIDZ website at www.ifidz.de
