Smooth power: identifying high-level leadership skills promoting organizational adaptability

Abstract

Purpose

This paper aims to review the latest management developments across the globe and pinpoint practical implications from cutting-edge research and case studies.

Design

This briefing is prepared by an independent writer who adds their own impartial comments and places the articles in context.

Findings

The organizational smooth power consisted of structural smoothness, emotional smoothness and relational smoothness. Four distinct superior categories emerged from the data: the professional background of the leader, professional name-branding, contextual appraisal and organizational smooth power.

Originality

The briefing saves busy executives, strategists and researchers hours of reading time by selecting only the very best, most pertinent information and presenting it in a condensed and easy-to-digest format.

Citation

(2023), "Smooth power: identifying high-level leadership skills promoting organizational adaptability", Development and Learning in Organizations, Vol. 37 No. 1, pp. 32-34. https://doi.org/10.1108/DLO-12-2020-0251