Based on numerous conversations with CEOs a new normal is emerging and the companies and organizations that prepare themselves for the new normal will be well positioned against those who are waiting for things to get back to normal.
Furthermore, while having good leadership is important regardless of strategy, the nature of leadership will differ depending on the way you define the new normal.
To consider…
• How do you define the new normal? What will be the impact on leadership requirements?
• How will younger and more diverse generations emerge as leaders in your organization?
• How will multi generations collaborate together to deliver long term results
(both leadership capacity and bottom line)?
• How will social media and networks impact how you look at developing leaders and the leadership function?
• What are the most radical “snapshots” you have of the new organizational models of your future, which will, therefore, require different leadership attributes?
• Where might the most significant impact be made in regards to leadership development? (i.e. general management vs. key roles or high potentials)
By answering these questions, you will be better able to engage in the type of leadership development that provides you with a distinct competitive advantage.
Leadership Competencies for The New Normal
• Collaboration
• Culturally savvy
• Future oriented
• Decisive in the face of time pressure and abundant information
• Taking fast action that leads to results
• Leveraging diversity in the workforce and on leadership teams
• Creating future capacity by creating future leaders
• Technology literate
• Creating focus out of complexity
• Embracing (not avoiding) conflict
• Using multiple sources of power (knowledge, influence, relationship) in addition to authority
• Demonstrating moral courage
To consider…
Fresh leadership solutions based on the “new normal” that must be culturally rooted, embrace multi generations and be strategically agile.
• non-traditional, interactive methods of learning
• on and off the job leadership experiences
• real time coaching
• leveraging effective pockets of leadership impact already within the organization
• leadership architecture structure to support strategic organizational development
• a model of sustainability for long term results
• customized approaches for your specific culture and leadership requirements
Pierre Robitaille