The future is ever-changing, and our leadership needs to change with it. Cultural beliefs and practices are changing across the globe, people are growing and adapting to new norms. Whereas one culture might have put restrictions on how high a woman could climb in the corporate world even so recently as a decade ago, we now see women becoming CEOs and Presidents of companies they never would have had this kind of access to before. Demographics are shifting and people are becoming more aware of the concept that gender and belief have far less impact on success than do things such as adaptability and ingenuity. Leaders of the future must embrace this change in order to be most successful.                 Three characteristics that a leader of the future will need to have are vision, emotional intelligence, and courage. Vision is a key factor in how a leader will succeed because it is inherently different than say, ideas and ambition. Everyone can have a good idea at some point, but a leader has the drive to turn that idea into a vision. They can take that idea and shape it into a vision that can be shared with all, driving a team forward towards a goal that has been set. They can implement ideas in a manner that has lasting effects and results. Without the vision to drive an idea to it’s peak and to mold it into a construct that can be implemented by the team, it is just an idea. Leaders of the future need to take their ideas and drive them to be something more than just “par for the course” or “status quo”. (Perrin, et al., 2012).                 A leader of the future needs to have emotional intelligence. This is not the same as empathy or sympathy. This pertains to a leader’s understanding of the people they are leading. By becoming not only relatable but also accessible and accountable to the people they are overseeing, a leader is better able to anticipate needs of the people they oversee. They can configure the people under them into a structure that will produce the desired results of a project. They can anticipate and account for the different learning styles and work ethics of the people they oversee, focusing them into groups or teams that will play off one another’s strengths and weaknesses in a way that will enable growth from everyone. By exhibiting emotional intelligence, a leader is showing that they are committed to getting the best from the people they oversee, and that they understand that not every person performs the same as everyone else.                 Courage is another key component of the leader of the future. This does not mean that a leader is unafraid of risk, but rather that they exhibit the courage to take the risk in order to achieve success. Without risk there is no real room for growth, and without growth we become stagnant. Companies fall when their leaders are unwilling or unable to take risks due to a lack of courage. If Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos hadn’t had had the courage to take their companies into the l ...

1. The future is ever-changing, and our leadership needs to change
with it. Cultural beliefs and practices are changing across the
globe, people are growing and adapting to new norms. Whereas
one culture might have put restrictions on how high a woman
could climb in the corporate world even so recently as a decade
ago, we now see women becoming CEOs and Presidents of
companies they never would have had this kind of access to
before. Demographics are shifting and people are becoming
more aware of the concept that gender and belief have far less
impact on success than do things such as adaptability and
ingenuity. Leaders of the future must embrace this change in
order to be most successful.
Three characteristics that a leader of the future will
need to have are vision, emotional intelligence, and courage.
Vision is a key factor in how a leader will succeed because it is
inherently different than say, ideas and ambition. Everyone can
have a good idea at some point, but a leader has the drive to
turn that idea into a vision. They can take that idea and shape it
into a vision that can be shared with all, driving a team forward
towards a goal that has been set. They can implement ideas in a
manner that has lasting effects and results. Without the vision
to drive an idea to it’s peak and to mold it into a construct that
can be implemented by the team, it is just an idea. Leaders of
the future need to take their ideas and drive them to be
something more than just “par for the course” or “status quo”.
(Perrin, et al., 2012).
A leader of the future needs to have emotional
intelligence. This is not the same as empathy or sympathy. This
pertains to a leader’s understanding of the people they are
leading. By becoming not only relatable but also accessible and
accountable to the people they are overseeing, a leader is better

2. able to anticipate needs of the people they oversee. They can
configure the people under them into a structure that will
produce the desired results of a project. They can anticipate and
account for the different learning styles and work ethics of the
people they oversee, focusing them into groups or teams that
will play off one another’s strengths and weaknesses in a way
that will enable growth from everyone. By exhibiting emotional
intelligence, a leader is showing that they are committed to
getting the best from the people they oversee, and that they
understand that not every person performs the same as everyone
else.
Courage is another key component of the leader of
the future. This does not mean that a leader is unafraid of risk,
but rather that they exhibit the courage to take the risk in order
to achieve success. Without risk there is no real room for
growth, and without growth we become stagnant. Companies
fall when their leaders are unwilling or unable to take risks due
to a lack of courage. If Steve Jobs or Jeff Bezos hadn’t had had
the courage to take their companies into the light and show
them to the world, we would not have Apple and Amazon, two
revolutionary companies that have driven our world forward in
terms of progress and technology. If a leader lacks courage,
they lack the ability to foster vision. These three characteristics
are so far entwined with one another, that without any one of
them a leader will find themselves lacking in ways that could
prove detrimental to their effectiveness.
Leadership is different than management in a few key
aspects. A leadership refers to an individual’s capacity to drive
an entity or business forward through enabling and empowering
its followers or workers, and by motivating them and
influencing them. Management is the ability to control a group
and to push those followers towards and established goal.
Leadership is influence over all, and management is power to
drive people to completion of a project. Leaders inspire and

3. motive whereas managers take a concept or idea that has been
presented to them and utilize their control over others to
accomplish that goal. An example of this in the broadest of
terms would be a leader coming up with the vision for a new
course of action within a company that would allow that
company to compete on a higher scale than before. Managers
would come into the equation by taking teams and utilizing
them to push that vision into fruition. (Nayar, 2014).
If I were a leader of the future, I would want to lead
a group from an individualist culture. The reason for this is
two-fold. First, individualists are better equipped to take a
concept that is given to them and work towards successful
completion of that goal with minimal feedback and support
needed from a leadership standpoint. The second aspect of this
is that individualists are independent thinkers that are more
likely to prove that they have raw leadership qualities because
they are less susceptible to what is known as group-think. That
being said, there is no circumstances in which I would like to be
a leader. I have been a manager countless times and in various
fields of work, and not to brag but I’m very good at motivating
people to reach their potential. I am not however a visionary. I
can think of good ideas and present them to my leader but
implementing them on my own is where I hit a dead end. As
someone who struggles with anxiety, the very thought of people
reporting to me without having the safety net of someone above
me to support me is too much to handle.
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Discussion 1
For this week discussion, I will be comparing my home country
Sierra Leone with the country United Kingdom. From looking at
Hofstede’s six dimensions of culture, Individualism Versus
Collectivism (IDV) is one cultural dimension that differs
significantly from my home country Sierra Leon with the
country United Kingdom. My home country is a collectivist
society where the people are loyal to the group to which they
belong (Mind Tools, 2009). On the other hand, the United
Kingdom is known to be an individualist’s society where people
look after themselves and their direct family only (Mind Tools,
2009). Power Distance is another cultural dimension that differs
significantly from my home country Sierra Leone with the
country in the United Kingdom. Whiles my home country
believe that inequalities amongst people should increase, the
country United Kingdom believes that inequalities amongst
people should be minimized. In leadership effectiveness,
individualism versus collectivism and power distance comes
into play when leaders care for the better good for everyone not
just certain people. For example, when it comes to power
distance in my home country, leaders have all the power
especially when it comes to telling the lower class what to do.
When it comes to individualism, my country Sierra Leone has a
low individualism score whiles the country United Kingdom

5. score high for individualism.
It is essential for one to understand the role of an active leader
in a global society. I believe that an active leader in a global
society is one who creates a happy society and who is good at
what he/she does. Being an effective leader means putting aside
his/her own personal gains and working for the greater good of
society. Furthermore, I believe that the role of an effective
leader in a global society is a leader who respect the people and
able to keep the people motivated and inspired. One skill
leaders need to possess in order to be effective in a global
society is communication skill. As we all know, the best leaders
are first-rate communicators. I believe this skill is critically
important for global leadership effectiveness because it helps
leaders when it comes to expressing ideas and sharing
information with a multitude of audiences (Center for Creative
Leadership, n.d.). From taking this class, one has realized that
communication has a high impact on effective leadership.
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Respond to the above post by either of the following:
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would answer your question and why.
· Ask a probing question, and provide the foundation (or
rationale) for the question.
· Expand on your colleague’s posting by offering a new
perspective or insight.
· Agree with a colleague, and offer additional (new) supporting
information for consideration.

6. · Disagree with a colleague by respectfully discussing and
supporting a different perspective.