world newspaper congress 11: session leadership, jo owen
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63rd WORLD NEWSPAPER CONGRESS
Session: LeadershipTitle: Leadership – eternal truths and new challengesSpeaker: Jo Owen
Vienna, Reed Messe Wien
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63rd World Newspaper Congress
Leadership: eternal truths and new challenges
Jo Owen
Taking people where they would not have got by themselves
Are you leading or are you managing a legacy?
Leadership is about performance, not position
Expectations of what makes a good leader change by level
Top leaders Leaders in the middle
Recent graduates/ emerging leaders
Vision Ability to motivate others
Hard work
Ability to motivate others
Decisiveness Proactivity
Decisiveness Industry experience Intelligence
Ability to handle crises
Networking ability Reliability
Honesty and integrity
Delegation Ambition
Perceived priorities for what makes a good leader change across the channel
Anglo-Saxon expectations of leaders
French expectations of leaders
VisionAbility to handle crises
Ability to motivate others Network strength
Decisiveness Ability to motivate others
Ability to handle crises Decisiveness
Honesty and integrity Political skills
Factor UK Japan Traditional societies France
Decision processes
Pragmatic, well communicated
Consensual Communal, open Top down, well thought through
Hierarchy Call boss by first name
Respect based language Age and sex Tu, vous, title depending on relationship
Networks Based on profession Based on keiretsu Family based Academic background
Education focus
Liberal arts Maths, science, engineering
Informal, oral, generalists
Maths and science
Key industries
City, services, media. Engineering, manufacturing
Subsistence Engineering, luxury goods
Values Ethics, spirit of the law
Honesty and trust, outside law
Respect for the community
Honesty, letter of the law
Delegation Responsibility exceeds authority
Collective responsibility Compartmentalisation Responsibility requires authority
Feedback Indirect, often positive Avoided No Direct, often negative: teach
Body language
Hidden; appears devious
Formality, ritual Open Open and direct
Openness Wimbledonisation of London
Closed Binary Closed: revolution not evolution
Law Common law, flexible Avoid using law Tradition, personal Roman law; highly prescriptive
Thinking Pragmatic Practical Tradition Theoretical, based on principles
Meetings Make decisions Confirm decisions Social Air views, defend position,
Eternal lessons of leading
Leading with values
Courage
Contribution
Responsibility
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