The document discusses the definition and importance of leadership, emphasizing that it differs from management and is not solely reliant on seniority or position. It outlines the traits of effective leaders in today's digital age, highlighting their role in engaging teams, fostering collaboration, and investing in talent development. Additionally, it addresses the complexities leaders face in managing engagement amidst rapid changes and challenges in the global economy.

1. LEADERSHIP
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Definition
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Importance
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Thought Leaders
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Next Steps
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What is
Leadership
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6
Quotes from
Thought leaders
Leadership isnt
Management ICS Varma | India
Redefined

2. Define leadership
Leadership is both a research area and a
practical skill encompassing the ability
of an individual or organizations to
"lead" or guide other individuals, teams,
or entire organizations.

3. Leadership plays an important part in
the success of any organization. In the
absence of effective leadership no
organization can work efficiently.
Importance of Leadership

4. Leadership has nothing to do with seniority
or one’s position in the hierarchy of a
company. Too many talk about a company’s
leadership referring to the senior most
executives in the organization.They are just
that, senior executives. Leadership doesn’t
automatically happen when you reach a
certain pay grade.
What is Leadership any way

5. Leadership and management are not
synonymous. You have 15 people in your
down line and P&L responsibility? Good for
you, hopefully you are a good manager.
Good management is needed. Managers
need to plan, measure, monitor, coordinate,
solve, hire, fire, and so many other things.
Typically, managers
manage things. Leaders lead people.
Leadership isn’t Management

6. Thought leaders are the informed opinion leaders and the go-
to people in their field of expertise. They are trusted sources who
move and inspire people with innovative ideas; turn ideas into
reality, and know and show how to replicate their success.
Thought Leaders

8. varmaics

27. NEXT
STEPS
Actions speak
louder
Leading in the
digital age

28. Actions speak louder
than words
When it comes to leadership there is no
one size fits all. Every leader has
his/her own personality, style, and
approach to leading teams, and leaders
understand their own limitations and
always keep their teams informed.

29. Good Leaders know that success is a
team effort.They realize that it takes a
diverse team to truly innovate.They
search for passionate people in diverse
areas of expertise and bring them
together.

30. Great leaders empower their teams to
do more, they are very protective, and
they are clever in applying their
knowledge and experience in order to
move forward and avoid mistakes
either they themselves or others made
in the past.

31. Leading in the digital age

32. The technological advances of the digital age
have allowed the global workforce to be better
connected, more collaborative, and have
greater personal impact than ever before.
More information is immediately available,
through more channels, than at any time in
history. Clearly, workplaces are now optimized
for high levels of workforce engagement
Leading in the Digital Age

33. The rise of the global economy and the
coming of the digital age have made the
engagement question much more complex
for the leaders.
Organizations everywhere are coping with
unprecedented levels of competition and
pressure to perform.
Managing Engagement

34. These organizations are facing a legion of
issues that include the need to become more
global, the need to simultaneously become
more frugal and more innovative, the need to
manage new and different stakeholders, and
the need to cope with political uncertainty,
energy issues, and other factors over which
they have no control
Managing Engagement

35. Put yourself “in the middle.” Leaders should
position themselves between the chaos of
change and their people. Engaging leaders
use their experience, insight, and knowledge
of the organization’s business and culture to
help people make sense of changes and to
better participate in them.
Leading in the Digital Age

36. Invest in your people. Leaders should
personally invest more effort in talent
development during periods of high change.
By doing this, engaging leaders use change
as a medium for accelerating the
professional development of the workforce.
Leading in the Digital Age

37. Focus on a higher purpose. In times of
uncertainty, engaging leaders use higher
purpose to keep people focused on their
ability to shape the future of the
organization.
Leading in the Digital Age

38. Leave no one behind.“False urgency” is a
phrase we use to describe a phenomenon
sometimes mentioned by the executives.
False urgency occurs when change anxiety
becomes so high that fear takes over and the
only thing that matters is staying on schedule.
There is “just no time” for things like human
development and engagement, and the
workforce is left behind.
Leading in the Digital Age

39. Engaging leaders refuse false urgency and
stay focused on people when the stakes are
highest.
Leading in the Digital Age

40. Credits
Harvard Business review
Forbes 100 Best Quotes on Leadership
Wikipedia
Google images
SOAP Free Slides