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Efficient leadership in the digital era

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Charlene Li |

TED@IBM

• September 2014

In business today, the need for innovation and rapid decision-making trumps yesterday's drive for efficiency. How does this influence what it means to be an effective leader? Charlene Li explains that it's less about control and more about empowerment: enabling employees to acquire the information they need, so they can make their own decisions.

In business today, the need for innovation and rapid decision-making trumps yesterday's drive for efficiency. How does this influence what it means to be an effective leader? Charlene Li explains that it's less about control and more about empowerment: enabling employees to acquire the information they need, so they can make their own decisions.

About the speaker

Charlene Li

Charlene Li

Leadership strategist

Charlene is CEO and Principal Analyst at Altimeter Group, and author of the New York Times bestseller "Open Leadership." She is also the coauthor of the bestselling book "Groundswell." She is one of the foremost experts on social media and a consultant and independent thought leader on leadership, strategy, social technologies, interactive media and marketing.

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