What do you do if your leadership style clashes with the changing demands of the ERP industry?

The Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP) industry is a dynamic one, constantly adapting to new technologies and business models. If your leadership style feels at odds with these changes, it's time to consider some adjustments. Here's how to bridge the gap and ensure you're effectively leading your team in the evolving ERP landscape: 1. Self-Assessment: Identify the Clash 2. Embrace Continuous Learning 3. Foster a Culture of Agility 4. Invest in Your Team's Skills 5. Leverage Collaboration Tools 6. Lead by Example

If you find that your way of leading doesn't match the needs of the ERP industry, it's very important to change and grow. Learn what's happening in the industry and try to stay updated on new and upcoming things as well. Talk to your team and see what they think about how you can adjust your leadership to fit better with what's going on. Never be afraid to try new things and ask for advice to improve how you lead in the ever-changing ERP environment.

An ERP leader is good at managing change, composing an ERP system with the best fit cloud-based and on-premise solutions well glued or integrated together in real time and planning and organizing the composable ERP implementation and operations with a continuous business process improvement orientation. Having a holistic understanding that current ERP requirements evolve with the business environment influenced by customers, suppliers, competitors, ERP and other technology vendors, internal and external workforces, shareholders and public authorities, the ERP leader aligns the ERP strategy with the business strategy to meet or exceed the organizational objectives over time for achieving long term goals with a constantly upgraded ERP system.

Adapting to the situation and being knowledgeable on the future ERP is a must. Be ready for the future always and it is best to agile.

The constant in ERP implementation and operations is change management which continues after ERP go-live. During implementation, improved business processes are redesigned, employees are trained to use the ERP in their new work environment as expected and staff from different functional departments have to collaborate as project team members to implement the ERP which is meant to support the related business goals and objectives. When the ERP is deployed, working conditions change with less repetitive or redundant tasks and more time spent to manually process exceptions and make informed decisions which improve productivity, customer satisfaction and profitability. This change is ongoing with ERP upgrades and continuous process improvement.

As we are living in a world which technology is drastically improving, we will have to face many changes. Therefore we have to embrace for the changes happening in the field if we are to survive in the field. There is no limit in development on Tech industry, as long as it is impacting ERP we have to be ready to cope with it.

Understanding from one's own perspective is not enough as it can involve personal bias, preconceived ideas or narrow-mindedness. Having the feedback of employees and other stakeholders with different backgrounds reduces the risks of missing some important ERP requirements. This is applicable for and during ERP implementation and ongoing operations as this feedback represents potential improvements of the ERP system as long as it is upgraded for technological innovations, legal and regulatory compliance together with continuous process improvement to support perennial business growth.

Always it is good to listen to others. And the best way to learn is not reading or following courses , but it is with proper experience. As well as sharing others experience and applying them to your lifestyle is a good move.

I recommend if you are in the field of ERP, do not stick one or two ERP software. Always it is advised to know the competitors in the market well too. At least know the core of main ERPs. And always be in touch with the latest updates with continuous learning.

When we are innovating new things, we should always think on two sides. Which is the impact to the client's business as well as the job reduction due to automation.