How should leadership, culture and talent change in news orgs to realise full digital transition? This is the question at the heart of a new book by @KuengLucy

📚 PDF here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-11/Kueng%20-%20Hearts%20and%20Minds%20FINAL.pdf
📱Excerpt on leadership here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/low-ego-and-listening-how-expectation-leadership-news-has-radically-changed

🧵 Key points in thread
The book includes sections on culture, talent, diversity and structure. Here are 5 takeaways from the chapter on leadership

1. Digital transformation only works if the top leader drives it. This requires learning to be humble and that's never easy as this quote suggests
2. We are entering the era of the anti-leader.

As this quote suggests, great top leadership is increasingly about:

-listening rather than speaking
-being candid about knowledge gaps rather than demonstrating a comprehensive expertise
-empathy and approachability
3. The calibre and cohesion of the top team is critical

This team needs to have the right roles, the right people in those roles, and people highly aligned. When this performance is optimal, transformation is accelerated. This quote describes what happens when it isn't
4. Middle managers increasingly carry the burden of achieving strategic goals

Few are naturally gifted, as this quote suggests. So investment in skill building, especially in project management, feedback and mentoring will pay dividends. Good leadership is learned, not innate
5. It's more important than ever for leaders to communicate what they do

Levels of uncertainty and insecurity are high, and people seek clarity. A leader is never not communicating. What they do not do is just as important as what they do. They should prepare messages carefully
These are just some of the lessons you'll find in @KuengLucy book on leadership, culture and talent. Here are links to read it:

🖥 Full HTML version here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/hearts-and-minds-harnessing-leadership-culture-and-talent-really-go-digital
📚 Free PDF here
https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/sites/default/files/2020-11/Kueng%20-%20Hearts%20and%20Minds%20FINAL.pdf
📱 Excerpt on leadership here https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/risj-review/low-ego-and-listening-how-expectation-leadership-news-has-radically-changed
Low ego and listening: how the expectation of leadership in news has radically changed

"The current environment creates specific challenges for leaders at the top," writes Lucy Kueng in this excerpt of her book 'Hearts and Minds'.

https://reutersinstitute.politics.ox.ac.uk/hearts-and-minds-harnessing-leadership-culture-and-talent-really-go-digital
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