Leadership in Action: E-Leadership in the Networked Economy

E-Leadership Best Practices

E-leadership is new territory, and there is little to go on in establishing how best to approach it. But there are a number of steps that organizations and leaders can take to help them understand and operate successfully in this brave new world:

• Become a master connector by networking within and beyond your organization.
• Use practical tools and symbolic gestures that signal a shift toward e-leadership. These can come in several areas:

Personal knowledge and vision. Take the time and make the effort to become technologically literate and to establish priorities in the organization's strategy for the networked economy. To be successful, e-leaders must have an in-depth understanding of the Internet and must make it ...