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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