Leadership is particularly in demand when storms sweep over companies. This is when people are needed to take responsibility, set the direction, deploy teams and employees appropriately and check whether the chosen course promises success. Leadership must be perfected, because with mature leadership expertise it is possible to sail "close to the wind" even in turbulent times. Leadership - as both a craft and an art - can create sustainable competitive advantages by providing the strategic framework to uniquely develop the potential of people, technology and other resources.

 

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Impulses for Leadership, Change Management & Ambidexterity

Successful in Turbulent Times: Impulses for Leadership, Change Management, and Ambidexterity supports managers and companies with scientific and practical concepts for mastering current challenges in turbulent corporate environments. In addition to the Performance Core, the conceptual framework based on performance behavior in organizations, contributions on leadership, change management, and ambidexterity provide answers to key management questions:

- Why do competitive differences exist between companies and how can competitiveness be influenced?

- Why is good leadership essential and how can managers improve the performance of their departments?

- Why is change challenging and how can change processes be designed effectively?

- Why does ambidexterity promote the long-term survival of companies and how can the continuous development of companies be ensured?

Developments such as digital transformation, demographic change and increasing globalization are continually posing new challenges to organizations and their managers. The annual Austrian Management Review bridges the gap between theory and practice in a straightforward manner. It is a forum for dialog that combines the rigor of academia with the relevance of business practice. In cooperation with corporate managers, the latest results from the university's learning and research workshop are reviewed and solutions are discussed for making companies fit for the strategic challenges of an uncertain future.