"Today's leader" must be ethical, disciplined, innovative, responsible and capable of permanent change. He must be an example and must be a Field Leader and not a desk. "
The "company of today" is highly competitive, with an almost immediate and imperceptible capacity for permeability and adaptability to market conditions and customer needs, with an effective feedback system and analysis of environmental information, a culture of innovation and continuous improvement, and above all, highly profitable. With the characteristics mentioned above, it can be said that it is the description of the model company that all shareholders, clients, employees, companies and interested parties in general with which they would like to be involved.
Every company that wants to grow, even if it is not explicitly stated, seeks to become such a model in the medium and long term. The road in itself is not easy, to this is added that the company's management does not know how and where to start the change process. Thousands of dollars are spent on consulting, computer support systems, implementation of management tools such as those established with the ISO 9000 standards and the very fashionable Dashboard. In the best of cases, it is possible to standardize and facilitate the collection of company information, achieving a more orderly and clear way of continuing to read the same results that were obtained before its implementation.
The "company of today" should be led by the "leader of today", without this combination it is very likely that they will continue to waste money on more consultancies and implementations that do not pay back what is expected. Senior Management must become the "leader" of the "Company of Today" to achieve this desired model. The "leader of today" is one with the ability to collect and interpret information the environment in which the company operates, is able to make decisions based on that interpretation and monitor the results achieved with them. The directors or managers of today's companies are increasingly tending to be just desk leaders, when in fact they must lead the investigations, the implementations and the analysis of the results that are obtained with them.Only in this way will they be able to interpret the environment and the repercussions within the company and vice versa. This does not mean that directors and managers personally carry out the tasks, for that they have a whole work team which they must use effectively. However, there is a great difference between requesting reports on the internal and external situation from the work team and leading the collection and analysis of them.However, there is a great difference between requesting reports on the internal and external situation from the work team and leading the collection and analysis of them.However, there is a great difference between requesting reports on the internal and external situation from the work team and leading the collection and analysis of them.
The "leader of today" must have the ability to adapt quickly to change, in order to transmit to his entire team that ability to adapt and permanently change according to the needs of the environment.
The "leader of today" must be converted first in order to then be able to transmit and demand from his work team what he wants them to be and the way he wants them to act. To run the "company of today" one must be ethical, disciplined, orderly, proactive, innovative and above all, not be a manager or director behind a desk. The leader must be constantly trained in issues related to the industry, because he must be a leader and an effective guide for his team, in turn, he must focus on training competent personnel, only then can he have a team that can follow the pace required in the present. It is important to consider training as a very profitable investment for the company,as long as you have the ability to select the type of training required by each team member according to their responsibilities and assigned functions.
When the company is soaked with a culture of discipline, order, pro-activity, ethics, permanent innovation and with only one constant thing, change; It can be said that it is the time to invest in consultancies or implementations of tools such as quality management systems, the Balanced Score Card and others currently in force. With this organizational model, the tools mentioned above will be seen as a means of being more competitive, and not as an end to be achieved. The company will use these tools to constantly improve and innovate and this will bring favorable profit.
It is very likely that many managers think that all the above is just a utopia in management, and will continue with their current style of leadership, which has brought them positive results so far. However, these results will continue to be sufficient to compete in a local or regional market; However, for those who want to grow, compete internationally, mark the path of the industry and above all stay at that level, this style of leadership is what should be aimed at.
