Eberhardt / Majkovic The Future of Leadership - An Explorative Study into Tomorrow's Leadership Challenges

1. Auflage 2016
ISBN: 978-3-319-31495-2
Verlag: Springer International Publishing
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Wasserzeichen (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 66 Seiten, eBook

Reihe: SpringerBriefs in Psychology

This book examines the challenges and
social, economic and corporate trends that future leaders will need to deal with,
as well as the technical, social and communication skills they will require in order to succeed. This assessment of future leadership overviews the need for a solid base of technical and social skills such as advanced communication and intercultural awareness, all while increasingly need to balance individual and organizational needs. The book begins by discussing the conclusion that future challenges require leaders to operate in increasingly complex and rapidly changing environments while providing a clear strategic vision. This book is based upon explorative interviews conducted with 20 academic and practitioner leadership experts, senior consultants, and senior and top managers, many of whom work in innovative organizations in San Francisco and Silicon Valley. Shared are the results prompted by five postulated future economicand social megatrends, the interviewed experts each provided unique insights and views on future work environments and leadership issues.

Zielgruppe

Research

Autoren/Hrsg.

Eberhardt, Daniela

Majkovic, Anna-Lena

Inhaltsverzeichnis

Chapter 1. Megatrends as a challenge for
the future of leadership.- Chapter 2. Study «Think Tank» Future of Leadership.- Chapter 3. Leadership of the future: Everything
different or the same the same?.- Appendix.

Über Autor(innen)

Dr. Daniela Eberhardt is an academic and professional with a background in psychology, administrative sciences and management. Since
September 2015 she has worked as the Director of Human Resources of the City of Zurich with approximately 28 000
employees in the whole of the city. She is responsible for the management of the HRM
division with approximately 140 employees and for the implementation of the city wide HR
strategy. From 2008-August 2015 she was Director of the Institute of Applied
Psychology IAP at the Zurich University of Applied Sciences ZHAW. In addition
to this role she was in charge for further education programs and
consulting/counseling in a wide variety of applied psychology topics for
leaders and experts (i.e. leadership, coaching, career counseling) as well as
for approximately 90 employees. Before 2008 she was involved with diverse leadership initiatives and expert
functions; personal background in training and education, applied research and
consulting; management and people development, organizational development and
change management.  She has experience in building, leading and internationalization of the
management development unit in a globally active company IT-Organization as
well as a subject matter expert in leadership, change management and human
resource management. Her latest applied research topics are age-related leadership
and future of leadership.Dr. Anna-Lena Majkovic studied Psychology and Politics at the Free University Berlin, Germany and at Monash University, Melbourne, Australia. She holds a PhD in Social and Organisational Psychology from the
University of Kent, UK. Anna-Lena Majkovic worked as an Associate Lecturer in
statistics, research methods, social/organisational psychology and career
development at the University of Kent and at Christ Church University, UK.
After her PhD, she was awarded a Postdoctoral Research Fellowship at Durham
Business School, Durham University, UK. She obtained a Postgraduate Degree in
Higher Education from the University of Kent and is a Fellow of the Higher
Education Academy, UK. She currently works as a lecturer at IAP, Institute of
Applied Psychology at Zurich University of Applied Sciences. Her current
research and work interests are scientifically based competency modelling and
intercultural leadership.