Do you know the fairy tale “The Emperor’s New Clothes”?
Even though the underlying story is centuries old – it is still performed on the organizational stages of many companies:
The monarch struts up and down the catwalk, vain and self-deceived, in his new clothes, which could only be seen by people who are smart and worthy of their office. He has fallen for impostors. Only a child solves the hoax and speaks out what everyone sees anyway: The emperor is not wearing any clothes at all …
In order to prevent executives from falling for the various fashion designers of leadership recipes, we recommend establishing feedback routines. Regular – ideally institutionalized – feedbacks prevent these stagings and help executives to find orientation in the permanently changing environment and, vice versa, to give orientation.
Learn in detail what you need to consider in order to successfully conduct leadership feedback.