Searchery FutureProof Leadership Design – Competence Framework

Future-oriented Leadership as the Key to a Company’s Success

What key competences do leaders need to have or develop today to operate successfully in times of constant change and to ensure the long-term sustainability of their companies?

The Searchery FutureProof Leadership Design – Competence Framework for future-shaping leaders starts right here. It defines the key competences necessary to operate effectively in a dynamic environment, break new ground, and ensure sustainable success. This model provides a clear framework for assessing and developing leaders who drive the successful transformation of your organization using strategic creativity, network intelligence, empathy, and other competences.

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The Competence Framework – Focus on Future

The FutureProof Leadership Design for leaders is based on scientific findings and best practices and combines the core competences for future-shaping leadership. Our competence model is cross-industry and cross-functional and comprises five strong competence clusters with a total of 20 specific competences:

Searchery FutureProof Leadership Design competence framework infographic.

Digital Competences: Competences that enable leaders to successfully manage digital transformations.

Design Competences: The ability to sustainably implement entrepreneurial visions and strategies.

Cooperation Competences: Competences that are essential for building and maintaining productive networks and partnerships.

People Leadership Competences: Leadership competences that enable you to effectively lead and inspire teams.

Self Leadership Competences: Competences in self-reflection and self-management that promote continuous personal and professional development.

Individually adaptable to your specific organizational and leadership context, FutureProof Leadership Design is a powerful tool for making your organization future-proof.

Competences for your Company

1. Define target and determine the delta

The basis for this is the development or refinement of a future-oriented competence model with a vision for leaders. This considers both the current and future challenges of your organization. Using this model, we identify the competences required for your leaders and determine the existing competence differences using aptitude diagnostic tools. This provides you with a clear overview of the gaps that need to be closed to optimally prepare your leaders for the future.

2. Leadership development

Based on the delta analysis, we work with you and external partners to develop customized leadership development programs. Development plans tailored to individual leaders are created to enable leaders to further develop their existing competences and ensure the future viability of leadership. Such plans define clear goals, measures and resources. They are implemented through training, mentoring, coaching or project work. This is accompanied by continuous support in the development process and regular reviews of progress and success.

3. Targeted recruiting

The recruitment of leaders is crucial to the future success of your organization. We place particular emphasis on taking future-oriented competences into account when formulating job profiles. We clearly define sought-after competences such as strategic creativity, learning agility and cooperation competences and integrate them into the selection process. Our approach includes the targeted use of aptitude diagnostics and considers candidates from different industries and functional areas to promote diversity and innovative perspectives. This is how we ensure that you get the best leaders for your specific requirements.

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Philine Cremer

Partner, Düsseldorf

Nina Maywald

Partner, München

Henrike Simon

Associate Partner, München