Dmytro Shymkiv with Yuriy Bugay, CEO and co-founder of StudyDive, and event participants discussed how leadership is changing today. In particular, for current and future managers, extreme ownership (treating everything that happens in the company as an owner), storytelling, the ability to work with data and technology, adaptability to change, and empathy are becoming important. All of this needs to be learned, and it is the task of the company's L&D function and the personal responsibility of each individual.

"The basics of leadership have not changed over many years, but the circumstances and dynamics of decision-making have," says Dmytro. "Therefore, it is important for leaders to never stop learning new things. If you say 'I already know this,' you immediately enter a danger zone."

Dmytro himself asks himself every evening: what new thing did he learn today? And every six months, he undergoes training that takes him out of his comfort zone. For example, he recently completed a course at Harvard Medical School to better understand colleagues from the pharmaceutical company. By the way, for Darnitsa Group, this is a typical approach: even the financial director has taken a similar course.

The meeting also discussed tools that can be useful for leader development, including:

A personal learning path that should be regularly formed by asking yourself: what am I lacking right now?
Coaching as a way to find answers within yourself.
Shadowing (when you become a "shadow" of a top manager for a day, observing their work and behavior).
International internships that stimulate understanding other cultures and seeing both others' and your own dogmas.

Participants managed to ask Dmytro many interesting questions and receive detailed answers. The dialogues included thoughts such as:

The more diverse the team, the more successful it is, but the harder it is to unite.
Sometimes a person has talent but lacks the skills to move forward. This is why education is needed.
Different generations have different dynamics and motivation for learning.
It is worth constantly provoking people to learn, including by personal example.

Moreover, according to Dmytro, every organization must evolve. And it does so through its people. It is no coincidence that the maturity of a manager is also about understanding that they need to constantly develop.

How a CEO Prepares a Company for the Future: Meeting with Dmytro Shymkiv