Abstract
Enterprises aimed at acquiring a sustainable competitive advantage in the Digital Era are challenged to develop a Transformative Digital Leadership marked by a set of abilities. The paper introduces the Digital Transformative Leadership Compass as an innovative framework to assess wise leaders’ characteristics driving organisational digital transformation in today’s complex business landscape. It identifies the critical abilities, attitudes, and behaviours distinguishing the profile of a transformative digital leader leading an organisation to continuously innovate and digitally evolve in the same way as the business landscape. This paper contributes to theory building by proposing an interpretative framework of critical abilities distinguishing a transformative digital leader of a transformative digital company. Furthermore, the paper provides practitioners with valuable insights and theoretical evidence on leadership practices in the digital era.
Highlights
The paper addresses the emergent need of enterprises for developing behaviour and mindset prone to Digital Transformation
Combining insights and evidence gathered from a literature review on leadership and Digital Transformation led to the emergence of the need to nurture a transformative digital leadership, allowing enterprises to stay competitive and change and adapt to the scenario evolution
The proposed model draws on Nonaka and Takeuchi’s approach [4,5], considering the relevance of companies competing in the Digital Era to develop wisdom and practical knowledge to make decisions in hyper-complex landscapes
Summary
Publisher’s Note: MDPI stays neutral with regard to jurisdictional claims in published maps and institutional affiliations. This topic is relevant; the path is not easy to manage and exploit [14] In this regard, organisations require new kind of leaders, who are, according to Nonaka and Takeuchi [4], wise and able to make the right decisions in times of uncertainty and continuous changes but who are digital-oriented and possess a set of abilities for leading an organisation capable of continuously digitally transforming. The paper proposes and discusses the Abilities Leadership Compass, which is a strategic model for future leaders It identifies the critical abilities, attitudes, and behaviours distinguishing the profile of a transformative digital leader, leading an organisation to continuously innovate and digitally evolve in the same way as the business landscape.
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