From Military to Digital Leadership Styles

      
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		            		Trilok Sindhwani
Consultant, India
			            
From Military to Digital Leadership Styles

	          		🔥NEW About 100 years back, business management schools borrowed their concepts of leadership/management in armed forces. The mindset of an officer in the armed forces is very different from the mindset needed in continuous, infinite competitive, ever changing business operations.

More so, in the present high-speed digital era with tech-savvy business teams, I think it is time to rethink the concepts and assumptions behind the traditional thinking of leadership with a digital (hybrid) business context.
				      
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Digital Leadership Styles

													That's an excellent, very thought provoking topic. What kind of digital leadership styles are you thinking of?

It makes me think primarily towards agile leadership and a coaching style by managers and leaders, but there could be more...
				                
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						            	Trilok Sindhwani
Consultant, India
												
				                Why do we Need a Leader in the High-speed Disruptive Knowledge-era?

													@Jaap de Jonge: As discussed between characters in the business novel - Game Changers by Saumya, if ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Maurice Hogarth
Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                The Leadership of Non-Leadership

													"Manager" partially derives from handling horses and the logistics of an army. Which is why much of ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Trilok Sindhwani
Consultant, India
												
				                Rethinking - Leadership, Teams and Organisations

													@Maurice Hogarth: Thank you for sharing the example of - the Dutch Buurtzorg organisation. I will ex... Sign up
				              
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						            	Trilok Sindhwani
Consultant, India
												
				                What Kind of 'leadership Style' Would be Appropriate for the Evolving Digital-era?

													I think we need to rephrase the statement - what kind of "leadership style" would be appropriate for... Sign up
				              
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						            	Dr. Alan Williams
Professor, Thailand
												
				                What Kind of 'leadership Style' Would be Appropriate for the Evolving Digital-era?

													Sure in todays' world leaders, all levels need to be tech savvy and fast, but in my view 'leadership... Sign up
				              
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						            	Trilok Sindhwani
Consultant, India
												
				                Sir, what in your View is the Job-profile of a LEADER in an End-to End Digital Business Process?

													I think we went off the track or topic.
The topic started with the discussion between characters in... Sign up
				              
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						            	Dr. Alan Williams
Professor, Thailand
												
				                Sir, what in your View is the Job-profile of a LEADER in an End-to End Digital Business Process?

													@Trilok Sindhwani: Sorry but I'm not convinced. I do agree that much critical high value data is qui... Sign up
				              
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						            	Mark Churaman
Consultant, United Arab Emirates
												
				                Management Style May Shift to Self Managed But...

													@Trilok Sindhwani: My thoughts are that whilst management style may have, is being shifted to self-m... Sign up
				              
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						            	Bandopant Raje
Business Consultant, India
												
				                Leadership Style a Morally Based One

													If your leadership style is not morally based, people will neither accept it, nor will they follow y... Sign up
				              
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						            	Gehrig Wiles
Management Consultant, United States
												
				                Leadership Styles

													Your epiphany is about 50 years too late. Leadership is about getting things done through others.
T... Sign up
				              
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						            	Paramathmuni srinivas Kumar
India
												
				                Self-management Leadership Styles

													I am a strong proponent of realization of the potential by each and everyone. The only missing thing... Sign up
				              
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						            	Ekechi Festus
Management Consultant, Nigeria
												
				                Why we Still Need a Leader in the High-speed Disruptive Knowledge Era

													@Trilok Sindhwani: Agreed that technology has brought speed, precision and total quality dimensions ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Reggy-Charles Degen
Professor, Belgium
												
				                Buurtzorg Compared to High Tech Companies

													@Trilok Sindhwani: I have done quite some research around Buurzorg and IT companies and there are un... Sign up
				              
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						            	Trilok Sindhwani
Consultant, India
												
				                Why Such a Strong - Neophobia? Ostrich Mindset!

													The life-span of business organizations has already come down from about 70 years to 17 yrs? Who is ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Helen Strong
Business Consultant, South Africa
												
				                Leadership is not Only Management

													Totally agree that hi-tech has changed the face of business. I even support the concept that everyda... Sign up
				              
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						            	syed ferhat anwar
Professor, Bangladesh
												
				                Technology and Humans

													Technology is not made to replace humanity but to make life better and ensure wellbeing.
In 2017, l... Sign up
				              
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						            	Rahul Mehta
Analyst, India
												
				                Game Changers and the Changed Game

													@Trilok Sindhwani: The character in the corporate novel "Game Changers" by Saumya, provides some ver... Sign up
				              
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						            	Dr. Alan Williams
Professor, Thailand
												
				                Military Experience?

													I was previously an 'on the ground' military officer, in a war zone. And I see clearly from this exp... Sign up
				              
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						            	Dr. Alan Williams
Professor, Thailand
												
				                Difference Between Operational Management and Leadership

													@Trilok. With all respect I suggest that you stop demanding that others must agree with your beliefs... Sign up
				              
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						            	Alexey Timoshek
Russian Federation
												
				                Leaders to Stay, Regardless of the Era

													I might be old-fashioned, but I'm sure leaders will always exist. People are neither cars nor comput... Sign up
				              
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						            	Tilak Dissanayake
Consultant, Sri Lanka
												
				                From Military to Digital Leadership

													During a war you have to maximise on your meager resources, more so if the arena is large and the fr... Sign up
				              
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Soldiers, Sergeants, Captains and Generals

													Perhaps now is a good moment to add in our discussion the approximate layers of organizations. For s... Sign up
				              
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						            	juan reyes
Entrepreneur, Philippines
												
				                Strategy with Military and Digital Contexts

													@Tilak Dissanayake: From a strategy perspective, one cannot differentiate military and digital leade... Sign up
				              
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						            	Trilok Sindhwani
Consultant, India
												
				                Box-in by the Original-sin - the Military Leadership Thinking Trap

													Would our "business thinking" be different, if the founding "business-thinkers" and the founders of ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Dr. Alan Williams
Professor, Thailand
												
				                Reply to 'Box-in by the Original-sin - the Military Leadership Thinking Trap' (Trilok Sindhwani)

													@Trilok Sindhwani: Running a military needs a certain type of leadership and discipline, gaining gro... Sign up
				              
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Militairy is not About Killing at All

													@Trilok Sindhwani: In fact military leadership is not so different from leadership of companies. On ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Dr. Alan Williams
Professor, Thailand
												
				                Reply to 'Game Changers and the Changed Game' (Rahul Mehta)

													@Rahul Mehta: I certainly agree that the decisions "which leaders make need to be fast and decisive ... Sign up
				              
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						            	Trilok Sindhwani
Consultant, India
												
				                Leadership, Deception, War and the World of Digital Business

													@Jaap de Jonge: Sir, are we just trying to play the "game-of-words"? War or not "DECEPTION" is the c... Sign up
				              
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						            	Jaap de Jonge
Editor, Netherlands
												
				                Let's Focus on Military versus Digital Leadership Styles

													This forum thread is not if war and business are the same. They obviously aren't (although there are... Sign up
				              
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						            	Tilak Dissanayake
Consultant, Sri Lanka
												
				                Style or Qualities of Present Era Leadership

													@Trilok Sindhwani: In today's fast-paced information packed world, a digitalized outlook and democra... Sign up
				              
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						            	Maurice Hogarth
Consultant, United Kingdom
												
				                Is a Leader Necessary for Leadership to Happen?

													Leadership is an aspect of management. It cannot be separated from it. Yes military leadership requi... Sign up
				              
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						            	Dr. Alan Williams
Professor, Thailand
												
				                Is a Leader Necessary for Leadership to Happen?

													@Maurice Hogarth: With respect, I repeat your very wise words:
"However, ALL of the factors that re... Sign up
				              
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						            	Rahul Mehta
Analyst, India
												
				                Leadership in the Digital Era is a TEAM GAME

													@Gehrig Wiles: Perhaps we need other words for - "Being a Leader" and "Doing Leadership".
In the hi... Sign up
				              
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						            	Tilak Dissanayake
Consultant, Sri Lanka
												
				                Military Strategy and Business Strategy is Different?!

													@Trilok Sindhwani: Sorry your perception of military is long out dated and war is the process of enf... Sign up
				              
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