Collaborative Leadership = Business Success — Yes, or No?
I write a lot about the challenges facing Businesses, Organisations, Teams, Executive Boards and Individuals, all trying to find and define their place, their roles and what they should do to perform as effectively as possible in today’s world.
Today I want to focus in particular on Business and begin with one simple fact that I hold to be true:
We all live in an interconnected world and for business leaders the past decade has seen a dramatic rise in the speed and scale of this interdependence.
However, I would also argue that whilst increased connectivity is inevitable, increased collaboration is not; & in order to succeed in today’s environment, leaders need to be able to build relationships, handle conflict and share control in order to promote effective collaborations for their businesses — right at the heart of where it is needed most.
In reality, the human capacity to relate, cooperate and collaborate, have been just as great causes of success, as the adoption of any technological, innovative, or competitive advance.
And in fact, Businesses have grown and declined regardless of what planning they may have done. Success had been more to do with a readiness and ability to learn from failure and adapt accordingly.
