S5E5: Robust Leadership - with Dr. Felix von Held from IICM

“Organizations were readjusting in the past 3 years - from
Covid-19 to the economic crunch. But now we are in a period when
we need to start implementing. And realizing that when you’re
adapting on the leadership level - how do we get people on board?
How do we get them engaged? I think leaders realize that Outcome
Management is key to be successful.” - Felix von Held


In today's podcast with Dr. Felix von Held we talk about robust
leadership. Robust leadership highlights organizational and
leadership capabilities that see change and uncertainty as
opportunity and chance. 


We dig deeper into the robust leadership survey, and Felix shares
that the biggest challenge to embrace change and adapt fast are
oftentimes tensions. Tensions for instance between stability and
agility as well as balancing strategy and culture. We discuss
that specifically with regards to strategy development, this
process and its implementation cannot happen without proper
change management. Leaders need to thus enhance skills that
combine providing strategy and stability while also balancing out
a participative approach and opportunities to adapt
quickly. 


We conclude that these skills are vital in the context of
thinking in outcomes. If we plan and execute on outcomes, we need
to be able to adapt quickly without losing our culture and
employees while doing so.








Dr. Felix von Held is one of the founders of the Institute for
Innovation and Change Methodology (IICM) in Munich. In his work
as a consultant and coach, he focuses on innovation and
leadership in the context of transformation in the fields of
digitalization, sustainability and new work.


In the last 14 years, he has worked globally in more than 10
industries and over 100 innovation and transformation projects.
Before founding the IICM, Felix worked in innovation management
and strategic change management at the BMW Group.


Since 2008, he has been teaching at the Center of Digital
Technology Management in Munich as well as at the ESB in
Reutlingen and the University of Zurich. In his doctoral thesis
at the Chair of Entrepreneurship and Pedagogy at the University
of Regensburg, Dr. Felix von Held focused on the topic of
"Collective Creativity" as part of organizational learning.





Where to find Dr. Felix von Held:


LinkedIn


IICM


Where to find Johannes:


LinkedIn


Resources mentioned on the show:


Robust Leadership Report


Dear to lead  - Brene Brown


5 Dysfunctionalities of teams - Patrick Lencioni


Radical Candor - Kim Scott





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