Global leaders face changing expectations from employees as the world of work evolves rapidly. Successful leaders of the future will need new skills like strategic thinking, agility, trust-building, and digital fluency to adapt. They must encourage innovation through psychological safety, make data-driven decisions, and lead virtually while maintaining organizational culture. Above all, good leaders continue learning to meet new challenges through emotional intelligence, inclusion, servant leadership, and resilience.
3. vision
The world of work is evolving at an
unprecedented pace, and employees now have
very different expectations of their leaders.
Leaders are going to need a new set of skills to
thrive in these volatile conditions.
5. A reasoning process that supports
goal-oriented decision-making using
curiosity, information synthesis, and
pattern recognition to generate
solutions and update your worldview.”
Ian Bremmer, author of the New York
Times
6. Great strategic thinkers, are
curious, open, and eager to
understand people who have
different views.
They’re comfortable being wrong
and continuously update
perspectives to keep them relevant
over time.
8. Agility
Leaders today must have the ability to
adapt quickly to new challenges and
opportunities,.
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9. Changemanagement
to products, processes, or policies, effective leaders
play three key roles:
Agitator — raising awareness of the challenge and
committing to finding a solution
Innovator — creating a solution and a plan for
implementing the necessary change
Orchestrator — marshaling and coordinating resources to
execute the plan
10. Trust-building
Leaders must learn that transparency and
consistency are key to earning the trust of their direct
reports.
They must have the humility to admit their own
mistakes, and they should personally communicate bad
news to their team before it spreads through the
grapevine.
11. Digital fluency
Leaders should be proficient enough to ask intelligent questions
and actively participate in decisions that drive progress.
They should be able to build a team with the right strengths to take
advantage of available technologies, and then lead them toward a
common goal.
Leaders should also be able to recognize the opportunities that new
technologies can offer their organization.
12. Leadinginnovation
Risk-takingshouldbe encouraged.
leaders must learn how to create psychological
safety so that teams aren’t afraid of failure.
It’s also important for leaders to understand that
revolutionary change is rarely the result of baby step.
13. Crisis management
In times of crises, effective leaders are in a continuous
risk assessment mode and can make judgment calls based
on limited data.
leaders must also rely on those closest to the trigger event to
provide insight that helps them
14. Resilient leaders will
develop resilient teams.
Resilience
Also referred to as mental toughness.
When leaders exhibit the ability to persevere through
hardship and recover from adversity, their employees don’t
shy away from new challenges but view them as
opportunistic.
To build this skill, leaders can learn to practice gratitude,
mindfulness, and optimism. Finding purpose and meaning in
day-to-day work is another key component of resilience. All these
capabilities can be strengthened through
16. virtual leadership
Leading from a remote office requires clear,
transparent communication and accountability.
Additionally, leaders must go the extra mile to maintain a
cohesive organizational culture based on shared values
and a common purpose.
17. For many new leaders, this will require a
mindset shift — from “looking out for number
one” to realizing that as Sinek says, “the perks of
leadership come at the cost of self-interest.”
, the dress code has changed, but the expectations have not.
Leaders Eat Last ..Simon Sienk
The humanity of
leadership
18. Inclusion
differences add value to the entire organization.
Its critical to listen to diverse perspectives via :
prioritize inclusion as an integral part in
leadership programming.
establish a welcoming environment for all.
20. Leadingacrosscultures
Leading across cultures also requires skills
active listening, openness and curiosity
about cultural differences, and respect for
multiple perspectives on the same issue
21. Servantleadership
measures success in terms of employee
engagement and satisfaction.
The National Society of Leadership and
Success describes the keys of servant
leadership as:
Active listening
Empathy
A commitment to the growth of others
Community-building
Self -awareness and accountability
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Building optimism by
projecting confidence,
strength, and a focus
on moving forward
Reassuring people by
affirming their roles,
value, and future
Breaking down barriers
to performance, such
as inadequate systems
and tools
Harmonizing resources
by finding ways to
reduce demands and
increase resources
Optimizing failure
through after-action
reviews that create
teachable moments
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24. Final note
John F. Kennedy once wrote.
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each
other.” It’s true that good leaders never stop growing.
No matter how much they’ve learned or how confident
they are, they recognize how much there is still to learn.