IDG Contributor Network: Improving business leadership through technology

Business leaders are tasked with the often tricky obligation of steering organizations to the financial 'happily ever after'. This is a big responsibility, and as a business leader, you need to be able to foster cooperation across all the levels of an organization, be agile, and be flexible. All these will help you move towards a more lateral type of management. Good leadership is about being able to do away with the conventional, hierarchical structures that only end up in stagnation and bureau