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

The Great Transformation

Increasing digitalization, the use of artificial intelligence, accelerated innovation cycles and profound changes in the world of work are challenging companies. To remain competitive and successful, continuous evolution is essential.

But the reality is different: 70% of transformations fail or fall short of their goals. Many organizations are focused on the present and can only marginally improve their ability to adapt and change. A lack of competences, especially in the digital realm, traditional management approaches, and silo thinking make it difficult to collaborate and change.

To operate successfully in this highly dynamic environment, leaders are required who not only manage the present, but also think and act with the future in mind. This requires competences that go beyond traditional management competences.

“Effective leadership is a key success factor for innovation and transformation.”

Source: Fraunhofer Institut

Future-shaping Competences as the Key to Successful Transformation

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

Retro Lautsprecher in unterschiedlichen Größen in denen Augen sind als Symbol für Führungskompetenzen.

What competences do leaders need to successfully manage transformation?

Future-shaping leaders understand digital tools and technologies and use them strategically to optimize business processes, develop innovative solutions and make data-driven decisions (Digital competences).

They identify complex problems and opportunities early on, develop forward-looking visions and ambitious goals, initiate and actively shape change, and have the strategic creativity and stamina to implement innovations (Design competences).

Future-shaping leaders break down rigid organizational structures and silo thinking, work across disciplines and functions, and leverage the synergies of strong networks, partnerships, and alliances (Collaboration competences).

They are inspiring personalities who act with empathy and continually develop themselves to lead others effectively (People & Self-Leadership competences).

Future-Shaping Leadership – the New Target Vision for Leaders

In this changing context, companies need to take a critical look at their existing target images and competence models for leaders and adapt them accordingly. In doing so, company-specific and strategic priorities can and must be set. On this basis, both management development and recruiting measures can be specifically designed to attract and develop the best talent for the future.