The Ideal Leader in a Post-Crisis Context
12 June 2014
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What is employees' opinion of their company's leaders in a "post-crisis" context? What qualities do they recognize in them and expect from them given the company's future challenges?
Indeed, the deterioration of the economic and financial context has weakened leaders who have been forced to "implement major changes" in companies, "with a whole series of unpopular measures".
In this post-crisis period, what do we expect from tomorrow's leaders?
The key role of frontline managers
From the employees' point of view, frontline managers now play a key role in their attachment to the company and their commitment to work. The personal relationship, proximity and working conditions with their manager are paramount.
Therefore, to strengthen employee engagement, leaders will now have to act on levers such as equity, respect, support in times of difficulty, and trust.
Tomorrow's company facing managerial challenges
Following the crisis and its waves of layoffs, the company is now facing new challenges. According to a majority of employees, the company must now focus on its business development, job preservation, its reputation and the quality of its brand image.
To meet these challenges, leaders will have to evolve and return to a more participatory management style.
Portrait of the ideal leader
If we draw a robot portrait of the "ideal leader" of tomorrow, he must:
Be close to his teams
Listen to them
Take their opinions and suggestions into account
Build a relationship of trust with his teams
Have good communication skills
Promote cooperation
Recognize the work of his collaborators
He is considered a key player in establishing social links within the company.
In short, the ideal leader in line with the challenges of the future is one who will be able to apply participatory management and bring together the essential qualities in the eyes of employees such as - ability to listen and take opinions into account, ability to motivate and communicate, ability to build a relationship of trust.
So today's leaders, do you think you are among tomorrow's leaders?
Philippe Montant
CEO of ReKrute
Indeed, the deterioration of the economic and financial context has weakened leaders who have been forced to "implement major changes" in companies, "with a whole series of unpopular measures".
In this post-crisis period, what do we expect from tomorrow's leaders?
The key role of frontline managers
From the employees' point of view, frontline managers now play a key role in their attachment to the company and their commitment to work. The personal relationship, proximity and working conditions with their manager are paramount.
Therefore, to strengthen employee engagement, leaders will now have to act on levers such as equity, respect, support in times of difficulty, and trust.
Tomorrow's company facing managerial challenges
Following the crisis and its waves of layoffs, the company is now facing new challenges. According to a majority of employees, the company must now focus on its business development, job preservation, its reputation and the quality of its brand image.
To meet these challenges, leaders will have to evolve and return to a more participatory management style.
Portrait of the ideal leader
If we draw a robot portrait of the "ideal leader" of tomorrow, he must:
Be close to his teams
Listen to them
Take their opinions and suggestions into account
Build a relationship of trust with his teams
Have good communication skills
Promote cooperation
Recognize the work of his collaborators
He is considered a key player in establishing social links within the company.
In short, the ideal leader in line with the challenges of the future is one who will be able to apply participatory management and bring together the essential qualities in the eyes of employees such as - ability to listen and take opinions into account, ability to motivate and communicate, ability to build a relationship of trust.
So today's leaders, do you think you are among tomorrow's leaders?
Philippe Montant
CEO of ReKrute
