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Special episode: Building leadership advantage in the digital age
Publication date: 10 Mar 2022
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We sat down with the authors of the book Beyond Digital to look at the seven imperatives of leadership that enable transformation in the finance landscape.
PwC’s accounting podcast became a book club this week as Heather Horn was joined by Matt Mani and Paul Leinwand of PwC's Strategy&—co-authors of the book: Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape the Future. Together they discuss seven imperatives of leadership that have enabled successful large-scale business transformations, and the lessons that today’s finance organizations can learn from these transformations.
In this episode, you will hear:
- 4:40 - The leadership imperatives that companies should focus on, including how they can begin to reimagine their place in the world and create value via ecosystems
- 16:06 - What it means to build a system of privileged insights with customers and how it helps to make your organization outcome-oriented
- 20:42 - Reinventing engagement and the social contract with your people to address emerging challenges, such as the great resignation
- 26:16 - Inverting the focus of organizational leadership to drive transformation in a dynamic and collaborative way
- 30:48 - Disrupting your own leadership to grow your skill sets and begin change from within
- 38:02 - Key lessons to jumpstart your overall transformation
Want to learn more? The Beyond Digital landing page has links to additional resources, reviews, and where to find the book.
About our guests
Matt Mani is a partner for PwC’s Strategy& consulting practice. With over 29 years of experience, he focuses on helping companies achieve business model, cost, and performance transformations. He is the co-author of the book Beyond Digital: How Great Leaders Transform Their Organizations and Shape the Future, and multiple articles in Harvard Business Review and Strategy+business magazine.
Paul Leinwand is a thought leader on strategy, growth, and capability building for PwC’s Strategy& consulting practice. With over 24 years of experience, he has authored numerous books, as well as articles in the Harvard Business Review and Strategy+business magazine. He currently teaches at Kellogg School of Management as an Adjunct Professor of Strategy.
About our host
Heather Horn is PwC’s National Office thought leader, responsible for developing our communications strategy and conveying firm positions on accounting and financial reporting matters. She is the engaging host of PwC’s accounting and reporting weekly podcast and quarterly webcast series, as well as periodic webcasts for the power and utilities industry. With over 30 years of experience, Heather’s accounting and auditing expertise includes financial instruments and rate-regulated accounting.
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