Saturday, May 4, 2013

5 qualities of innovative leaders in today’s media

Poynter reporting:
What qualities distinguish successful leaders in media today?
I see five qualities common among the current crop of innovators — at a time when it’s perhaps even harder to lead, given all the challenges the industry faces. As I distilled these qualities, I also realized they are distinctly Naughtonian.

Innovators run at what is growing.

The strongest pull in the news industry, as in any disrupted business, can be to preserve the part of the business that, though shrinking, provides the biggest share of revenue. Innovators, such Clark Gilbert at Deseret Media, know this is a seductive mistake and focusing most of your energy on preserving what is shrinking is a strategy for slow death....

http://www.poynter.org/latest-news/the-next-journalism/212446/5-qualities-of-innovative-leaders-in-todays-media/

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