October 2026 – positive leader

Simona Fialová built her own company and leads it with a focus on meaningful work, collaboration, and long-term relationships with clients and employees. She sees digitalization not just as a technological change but as a way to free up people’s capacity for more valuable work. The book naturally connects her entrepreneurial experience, her approach to people, and her belief that good results and a healthy company culture don’t have to be at odds.

Main ideas of the book

• A good leader builds on people’s strengths, not just on fixing their weaknesses.
• Positive leadership isn’t naive optimism but the ability to create energy, trust, and meaning.
• Performance arises from connecting people, shared purpose, effective processes, and a healthy work environment.
• A leader must first understand themselves to be able to develop others over the long term.
• Successful leadership links company results with how employees and clients feel at work.

Who is Simona Fialová?

Simona Fialová is a partner in the international consulting network ECOVIS and the founder and CEO of the accounting and tax firm ECOVIS FACTA. She helps companies connect accounting, taxes, data, processes, and technology into a functional whole. She has long focused on digitalization and believes its goal is not just automation but primarily greater clarity, reliability, and room for further company growth.