“Leadership is about looking to the future—management merely optimizes the present.”
Anyone appearing for the third time on SMP LeaderTalks has a voice that carries weight. Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger is a management guru and, as Germany’s most prominent and influential management consultant, a thought leader in leadership and corporate culture. In his third conversation, he and Georgiy Michailov delve into groundbreaking questions about leadership and what makes it successful. Sprenger says: The key difference lies between managing and leading. For while managing optimizes the status quo, leadership thinks from the future. So how does successful leadership work?
“Leadership shouldn’t really be needed.”
In conversation with Georgiy Michailov, he explains why the best leadership is the kind that isn’t needed and why leadership often creates structural dependencies rather than genuine initiative. Georgiy Michailov and Dr. Reinhard K. Sprenger also discuss why corporate culture is often overrated, why many transformations fail, and what role chance plays in leadership success. And he reveals the four principles a future-proof organization needs and how to recognize truly good leaders.
*Video only in German
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