Making The Pace Leadership skills in a complex world
The leadership concept for successfully shaping the present and the future
The profound and rapid changes in the economy and society pose major challenges for managers and employees in companies. Experiential knowledge no longer applies, modern corporate strategies for dealing with these complexities aren’t yet established, and at the same time, the pressure to act is increasing.
Component 1: The concept from practice
Making the Pace is a concept that has been developed, implemented, and tested in practice to enable managers and employees to tackle change strategically while ensuring the long-term success of the company in the face of these challenges. Its development requires entrepreneurial thinking as well as the ability to holistically consider the corporate strategy, the organizational structure, and the required leadership style — and to implement this in unison.
Component 2: Overall success factors
Now, Fiona Liebehenz shares her personal way of approaching these new requirements in the digital age successfully and effectively, with other modern leaders, to assist in further promoting this skill. For example, in your company’s reality and regarding your aspirations with modern leadership in your organization.This homepage therefore offers insights into her work and into the cross-hierarchical approach that is relevant for every leader and every employee and includes the three integral components of strategy, organizational design, and how to be a good leader.
Component 3: Personal foundation
Fiona Liebehenz herself is a modern leader from the digital native generation. With a degree in business administration and business psychology, she developed her hands-on skills in modern management styles as well as sales, marketing, and retail from scratch and then continuously increased her scope of functional responsibility. For several years, she has managed cross-functional business units in renowned organizations, including Unilever, Amazon, and Bosch. Since December 2023, she has been working as the global Vice President Processing Channel Management & Key Components for Tetra Pak in Sweden. She is also a member of the Business Advisory Board of the German Informatics Society.
The triad of strategy,
organizational design,
and leadership competence
The starting point for this leadership approach was an in-depth analysis of the current situation, external factors, and what kind of leadership style, communication, management, culture, structure, and strategy development is sustainable today.
This work sharpened our understanding of the current situation and the triggers for transformation. These form the starting point for the 15 principles from the 3 areas of strategy, organizational design, and leadership competence for the corporate management needed today and in the future.
They provide managers with a systematic and systemic set of tools to set the course for the successful survival of their company on the market. When this triad picks up speed, it creates a self-reinforcing continuum. This continuum is well-founded in itself and therefore remains stable; it can be scaled up and accelerated at any time.
Strategy
The strategy, or more specifically the corporate strategy, is the starting point for every planned action and a holistic task that is not limited to individual departments. The 5 principles here shed light on how this strategy development is to be designed, in particular taking into account its sustainability, communication and orchestration, and digital leadership requirements.
Organizational design
The process of developing the right organizational structure is significantly influenced by the strategy. Successful corporate strategies today require modern organizational forms in both the organizational structure and the process organization. The 5 principles from this area describe what a functional organization looks like and how it can be implemented dynamically.
Leadership competencies
The 5 principles here speak to the leaders and the employees, as both are essential for modern management approaches. They show how leadership competencies and skills can be developed, what strategy and structure is required in the organization and how the success of strategic goals and key performance indicators should be measured and recognized.
The book to understand and keep pace with change
If this model has piqued your interest, then you will certainly benefit from Fiona Liebehenz's book. In this book, she summarizes her vision, tools, and techniques as well as her practical experience in three areas: strategy, organizational design, and leadership skills. The aim is to support organizations in managing to change from traditional business models and leadership styles to functional strategies, modern organizational structures, and transformational leadership. In so doing, they can set up their organizations in a contemporary and modern way in the new world of work. You could call it a leadership 4.0.
The book's target audience is broad:
Ambitious top management executives who want to improve their management skills to get their companies (back) on the road to success or keep it there
Modern leaders with a creative drive who are looking for new inspiration on modern, agile and innovative team leadership and want to take responsibility
Future female and male managers who are looking for a female role model in the management levels of today's working world
You can all make the change too!
Your perspective
What strategy are you pursuing to position your company for sustainable success across the various departments and in the face of these rapid changes and the increasing complexity? How do you define leadership for yourself? How do you involve your employees on an ongoing basis?
If you have any thoughts that go beyond this concept and the book, please send an email to email@makingthepace.com
The author will be happy to discuss this topic with you so that you can learn together.