Tom Laine is one of the most experienced social media recruitment and employer branding experts in Europe, training organizations across Europe, Middle East and Asia. Tom is also a serial entrepreneur focused on social media and crowdsourcing startups, having founded his first social media startup already back in 1999. Tom has authored several books on innovations and social media.
According to Tom Laine, stereotypical leadership is shifting in a way where people can openly participate, try new things and give more decision making power to the employees. Modern-day leadership demands more leading by example. Leadership is earned by doing, not by exerting power.
Tom Laine estimates that some employers have caught on to this easily, while others will face more challenging times. Also, the concept of the one true leader, a strong front man and the notion of leading from above have suffered inflation as employees have received more power as the companies official and unofficial voice, especially in social media.
– Leadership is at a turning point. There’s digitalization, remote working methods, BYOD (bring your own device) and more freelance work. All this changes the work culture.
– Traditional forms of organizations have oriented more into grouping around projects and clientele. Companies have to be agile, while also being in the front line of technology and other issues.
At TEDxTurku, Tom Laine will reveal what is the perfect organization and how to create the best job. This visionary will tackle such issues as organizational structures, values, cultures, employee experiences and customer value.
Tom Laine says that those businesses who explore, try new things and base their decisions on their experiences will be successful in this day.
