As Industrial Design Engineer, innovation and product development have always been my passion. I never expected though that managing and developing people is very nice and provides me much more fulfillment in my job then I ever thought.
Unfortunately in many companies, many managers like to work on detailed content and do not have a focus on people management. And in my experience, many executive boards do not have proper HR on their radar screen; getting & keeping the right people in the right places and making sure every person contributes, is motivated and has the possibility to develop his/her skills. I am personally convinced that this is an essential factor for a (sustainably) successful company. One great & inspirational example of this right kind of leadership can be read in an article from Harvard Business Review: Fiat's Extreme Makeover - an interview with Sergio Marchionne: "My job as a CEO is not to make business decisions - it's to push managers to be leaders". Sorry that the complete article is not available for free, this is only a summary.
HBR: Fiat's Extreme Makeover
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