The 7 Most Important Characteristics of Leaders and Using the Situational Leadership Approach with Tony Ambrozie
On this episode of Executive Corner, we sit down with Tony Ambrozie, Senior Vice President of Digital and Technology at Disney Parks to discuss the role of a leader and how it changes according to the context and humans that you lead. As mentioned on the podcast, Tony is a proponent of "situational leadership" - the belief that as a leader, you are always having to adapt and contextualize according to the situation that you're facing and that there is no single "best" style of leadership.
However, some of the important characteristics and roles of leaders don't change. Characteristics like integrity, commitment, passion, authenticity and others. Or the roles of building a culture and direction as change and transformation are constant. As we all know, these characteristics and roles aren't always the easiest to embody and lead. As Tony describes, leadership positions are some of the hardest roles to have.
In this episode, we dove deeper in the question of what it really means to be a situational leader and some of the components of this leadership style including:
- Adapting to the demands and complexity of humans
- Utilizing your Emotional intelligence at all stages
- How to grow and learn from mistakes
- Leading through crisis and a pandemic
- Blending different leadership characteristics according to the needs of the environment
We are delighted to also have Tony sharing his thoughts on technology and innovation at the virtual American CIO & IT Summit on October 26-28, 2020. To find out more about this summit, you can visit our website and see the amazing list of speakers, delegates and sponsors we have attending this year's summit.