Transformational Leadership

In a recent report, Spencer Stuart examines what functional leaders can learn from other areas and provides advice for integrating diverse perspectives to improve individual and team performance. As executives in finance, marketing, IT, legal, HR, and supply chain move into senior roles, they tend to develop distinct skill sets, vocabularies, mindsets, and styles. These distinct styles can prevent leaders from learning useful ideas from one another.

A recent Korn Ferry report finds that corporate government affairs representatives in Europe are adapting to a new landscape in the wake of all the political and economic change there. According to the study, that needs to include a revamping of how those representatives handle the interests of their organizations and sectors—both at the EU level and in member capitals.

Russell Reynold Associates finds that as the pace of digital disruption accelerates, many organizations have recognized that digital forces and volunteer armies will not provide a sufficient defense. Increasingly, these organizations are building their strategies for the future around the insights of a new class of executives: digital transformation leaders.

An article from Witt/Kieffer was recently published in Executive Insight Magazine. In the article Witt/Kieffer discusses leadership in the healthcare industry. Many faith-based health systems have had a long history selecting leaders based on executives’ values and actions. This phenomenon continues today and is a tactic other organizations can learn from.