The book by Christian Zielke offers practical strategies for leaders facing the challenges of a changing corporate landscape. Through an engaging story, it follows a young leader in a conservative company who must adapt to new ways of living and working. As traditional solutions are not always effective, new, contemporary methods are introduced to successfully tackle leadership tasks. Various issues are addressed, for which the book provides immediately applicable solutions. Real-life examples allow you to experience different conversation situations that a leader encounters.

Contents:

• Leading with goals: How goal agreements promote business success
• Effective delegation: A key element of a dynamic corporate culture
• Communicating effectively with employees: Small talk, annual reviews, criticism discussions, feedback conversations
• Evaluating employees: Performance assessments, development discussions, employee evaluations
• The appropriate leadership style
• Conflict management
• Leading teams and conducting meetings
• Motivation talks - even in challenging times
• Example dialogues with expert evaluations

New in the 2nd edition:

• Leading different personalities
• Leading hybrid teams
• Sustainable leadership
• Agile leadership
• Leading Generation XYZ
• Effective team meetings and discussions
• Enhancing team performance
• Finding and retaining the right employees.