The New Generation of Leaders

Ask the Coach

An interview with Marshall Goldsmith, Ask the Coach blogger for HarvardBusiness.org. Advice for managers who want to learn how to influence up and become leaders in the future.

What got you here won’t get you there

5 Different Characteristics of the New Leaders:

• Thinking Globally
• Cross-cultural Diversity
• Technological Savvy
• Building Alliances and Partnership (eg.IBM)
• Sharing Leadership (Knowledge Workers, Learning Agility)
  

Middle Management:

• Influencing-up
• Who has the power to make a decision?
• Think like a great SALES person!!! If you can’t sell it, live with peace
  

The New World of Work

The New World of Work 1

What has Created the New World of Work:

• Generational Collision
• Changing Values
• Flattening of the World
• Exponential Growth in Technology

New World of Work 2

The New World of Work 3

Human Capital Innovation and Transformation Summit – Planning for Human Capital Management Now and Beyond 2010

Lisa Bodell – CEO of Futurethink

The Pulse

• Values-based work
• Re-careering
• Work in Balance
• Skill Sets vs. Mind-sets
• Digital Convergence
• Virtual Workplaces
• Teleworker

The New World of Work

• The shift from 9 to 5 to 24/7
• The shift from a uniform workforce to a multi-generational workforce
• The shift from retirement at age 65 to no set retirement age
• The shift from needs-based work to values-based work