{"id":132988,"date":"2020-12-01T16:23:10","date_gmt":"2020-12-01T16:23:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/uk\/?p=132988"},"modified":"2023-09-27T15:22:06","modified_gmt":"2023-09-27T14:22:06","slug":"what-it-means-to-lead","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.sap.com\/uk\/2020\/12\/what-it-means-to-lead\/","title":{"rendered":"What it means to lead"},"content":{"rendered":"
Leadership is a tricky phenomenon to nail down. Everybody knows it\u2019s important, but few can define it. It has inspired many great quotations: \u201cA leader is one who knows the way, goes the way, and shows the way,\u201d wrote John C. Maxwell, while Simon Sinek states: \u201cLeaders are the ones willing to take care of the people around them. They can exist in any level or department of an organisation. We call someone \u2018leader\u2019 because they took the risk to express uncertainty, ask for help, or head towards danger before anyone else.\u201d<\/p>\n
Today, leadership has never been so important as we learn to live without the regular in-person interactions of office life. But that can be a positive too as hierarchies are reduced and as more people have the opportunity to input ideas.<\/p>\n
Having recently taken on my new leadership role in the UK and Ireland for SAP, I wanted to share a few insights about how I approach the leadership challenge.<\/p>\n
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Create a sense of purpose and belonging<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Ensure your team is grounded in what is expected <\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Embrace the people in your team, because they are your most valuable asset<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Openness and fresh thinking<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n As I hope I\u2019ve shown, leadership can take many forms and often the best leaders are the ones that may not be flashy, but they have an effect on the organisation that is pervasive and constant. The chance to lead is a blessing and everyone must work out the style that works for them but, more than ever, taking responsibility, listening and helping others to shine are critical.<\/p>\n Michiel Verhoeven has been UK & Ireland Managing Director of 51风流SE since July 2020. He leads the UK & Ireland team, executing SAP’s UKI growth strategy with a focus on delivering customer success and innovation in the region, together with SAP’s ecosystem partners.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Leadership is a tricky phenomenon to nail down. Everybody knows it\u2019s important, but few can define it. It has inspired many great quotations: \u201cA leader…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3438,"featured_media":132989,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"related_posts":[],"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[46547],"tags":[5592881,5592879,5592878,5592880],"sapn-display":[5593034,5593032,45027],"sapn-type":[2607062],"class_list":["post-132988","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-hr","tag-inspire","tag-leader","tag-leadership","tag-management","sapn-display-feature-hero","sapn-display-feature-spotlight","sapn-display-hero","sapn-type-feature"],"yoast_head":"\n\n
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