TY  - INPR
A1  - Abbu, Haroon
A1  - Khan, Sarah
A1  - Mugge, Paul
A1  - Gudergan, Gerhard
T1  - Exploring Digital Leadership Traits
T2  - [Proceedings] IEEE/ICE International Conference on Engineering, Technology, and Innovation
N2  - Digital leaders play a pivotal role in the success of digital transformation initiatives. They increase the confidence of their organizations during these often risky and disruptive transitions. The most pressing question is how they can lead their companies into a future that is continually shaped by digital innovations. Several methods for effective leadership have been theorized, and many of them have been substantiated and used in practice. But digital leadership demands a certain set of new dimensions ― human traits and technical skills ― to meet the challenges of the digital age. The digital leadership self-assessment scale helps leaders assess and improve their performance, no matter where they sit in the organization—CEO, CDO, functional leader, or program manager. Companies can use it to develop a digital-ready talent pool and the management teams necessary for leading successful and responsible digital transformations. In this article, we administer the self-assessment scale and assess how early career managers — professional MBA students — internalize these digital traits as they develop their careers and leadership abilities. We summarize the findings under three levels of understanding — knowledge-based, experience-based, and aspiration-based — and discuss their interconnectedness and collective role in strengthening the success of a digital leader's efforts.
KW  - Digital leadership
KW  - Leadership assessment
KW  - Digital transformation
KW  - Internalization
KW  - 01
Y1  - 2024
UR  - https://epub.fir.de/frontdoor/index/index/docId/3609
PB  - IEEE
CY  - Piscataway (NJ)
ER  -