What is the Future of leadership …
“When someone acquires power, it’s not that they adapt and
change—it actually reveals who they really are. There are very few
boundaries that you can’t just step over, so all you have is your own
moral compass. That can be very liberating, but that can also be
very dangerous.”
This week I attended a fascinating seminar with Bernard Salt entitled Future of
Work, the team at The Demographics Group brilliantly described the changes
that will occur in the workforce in 2020.
It was apparent during their presentations that it is talent not technology that
will give your organisational the competitive advantage, and thus Leadership
needs to get with the times.
Successful entrepreneurs according to Bernard Salt will be the future of our
economy. Not only does the new entrepreneur need to merge business and
technology and disrupt the market, they need the perfect innovative idea,
to be quick to market, to continually disrupt, be ahead of the competition
and be financially successful. History has demonstrated that the most
successful entrepreneurs are extraordinary leaders, everyone wants to work
for them, and be a part of their vision and success.
Yet the old models of leadership do not fit the age of disruption… new
leadership meta skills are required.
The world of work is changing: Flat structures are in, design thinking is
encouraged, safe to fail ‘experiments’ are the norm. Employee diversity
encompasses professional expertise, problem-solving approaches, culture,
age and gender. Organisational loyalty and trust are determined by
purpose, governance and ethics, not years of service. There is much
ambiguity, complexity, uncertainty and volatility, in all aspects of work.
The complexity of the leadership challenge has never been greater, inspiring
employees to be creative, motivated and commercial in an ever-changing
environment requires a new approach to leadership. Remember if you’re
really serious about being a successful entrepreneurs then your most scarce
resource and your most important source are your people.
New leaders are astute at combining interpersonal skills, like emotional
intelligence, resilience and self-awareness with traditional business, technical
and strategic skills. If you are a CEO, Senior Executive or aspiring to be in the
c-suite then you need to learn the essential skills of leadership in the future.
In my option, today’s world new leadership skills are essential for success, by
enhancing your Self-awareness, Emotional intelligence (EQ) and resilience
you will:
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Create a culture of creativity and innovation
Influence and negotiate with diverse stakeholders
Ensure values, ethics and purpose are at the forefront of all commercial
decisions
Encourage robust debate and avoid group think
Employ the principles of Radical Candour to enable respectful, yet
useful and timely feedback
Attract and retain high performing talent
Thrive under pressure
Enable continual learning
According to Dr Tasha Eurich, self-awareness is the meta skill of the 21st
century, as it encompasses how our values, behaviour and emotions, and
habits impact on others and on how others see us.
She argues that self awareness is the foundation of all interpersonal skills.
Self-awareness has two components:
A) internal self-awareness- the ability to understand who we are, ie
what are our values, passions, drivers, aspirations, habits, reactions and
how do they impact on others.
B) external self awareness-the capacity to understanding how others
perceive us and how we fit into the world around us.
Both are essential for all leaders, too much focus on external self awareness
and how we appear to others will inhibit leadership success.
Eliciting, receiving and providing candid feedback enable leaders to
develop superior self-awareness
Readers will know that I have held some breakfast events in the past and was
considering one in the next few months. Please take a moment and
complete this survey so that I can design an event that best meets your
needs.
let me know if you would like an event on this theme and I shall share some
resources and tip on how to be an exceptional leader in an ever-changing
competitive entrepreneurial environment.
Dear Tamar,
I am keen to attend for a event on Leadership skills for success
1. Breakfast seminar cbd finished by 830
2. Lunch sminar cbd 1 hour max
3. Detailed blog post
4. Other please specify
5. Would not attend
6. Based out of Sydney cbd could not attend