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Visit http://www.leaderhipbydesign.co.nz for more free information on leadership The senior leader fountain of all wisdom dispenses judgements and decisions from on high. Does this fit your paradigm of a leader ? after all a leader needs followers don't they? I am sure if I asked you here how important is leadership to your organizations I am sure most of you would comment on increased competition, global volatility and uncertainty, Low levels of engagement Need for innovation etc as justifications for why leadership was so important certainly we invest billions globally on developing leadership capability. I wonder what we are getting back in return? Because currently there is a significant disconnect about what we know and talk about as leadership and what we see happening in our organizations Here are four leadership trends that provide some direction on where you should think about focusing your leadership development.TRANSCRIPT
Leadership In Context
Graham Hart Leadership By Design
The CIPD Annual Survey Report 2012
Nearly three-quarters (72 per cent) of organisations in England reported a deficit of management and leadership skills.
2008 Global Survey by Egon Zehnder
Nearly six in 10 global leaders consider a lack of leadership a major cause of their company’s inability to deal with business change
Leadership Impact
Leadership Management
Definition
The art of influencing others to achieve their maximum performance, and to accomplish any task or objective
The science of obtaining results through the efforts of others
Objective Produce constructive or adaptive change Produce consistency and order
Influence Control
FitnessWell
being Resilienc
e
Sustainability
Authenticity
Stakeholders Better
conversations
Innovation
Collaboration
InterruptionsVirtual TeamsGaps between Managers
Disconnection
SpeedVolatilityComplex Change
Complexity
4 Leadership Trends
Complexity
Disconnection
Research by Gloria Mark (reported in The New York Times Magazine in October 2005 concluded:
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The 2000 U.S. Census estimated that the baby boomer generation :83 million
who would started leaving in 2004 Expertise that is most likely to be lost institutional vision, followed by knowledge, Internal and external personal networks, skills and historical context.
“There’s nothing more demoralizing than a leader who can’t clearly articulate why we’re doing what we’re doing.” James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Collaboration
Authenticity – the willingness of a leader to be himself rather than a remote,
unapproachable manager – is one skill that can help foster a collaborative workplace.
Stephen Covey, author of Seven Habits of Highly Effective People
“Effective leadership is the only
competitive advantage that will
endure. That's because leadership has
twosides - what a person is
(character) and what a person does (competence)."
Sustainability
Research shows that effective leadership and regular exercise are strongly linked. (European CEO, December 2006).
Executives who exercise are rated significantly higher by their co-workers on their leadership effectiveness than non-exercisers.
In addition to the health benefits, exercisers score better than non-exercisers in all
leadership categories including organization, credibility, leading others and authenticity
autocratic style to one that’s more participative.
Leaders predict that future success will depend on the ability to be
collaborative and to focus on the
team rather than the individual.
But the trend most often mentioned is the shift from
function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not
more followers “- Ralph Nader