When we think of the current state of leadership, we will probably all agree that leadership needs a change more than anything in our world today and I have ranted about this in previous articles. I encourage you to read Why is Leadership Development so ineffective? to understand my thinking, and what needs to be done from a training and development perspective. Yesterday I wrote Toxic Leadership – The Global Reality and this deals with what we can expect from good leaders today, but what will leaders of the future be like? Some will argue they will be the same as today and perhaps less effective. This of course could easily be the reality and that would be a sad state indeed.
Rather than focus on the now, let’s dream a bit and imagine what characteristics, abilities and skills a good leader will need in the future. A guideline for…
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