FUTURE SKILLS FUTURE THINKING

What About Leaders? Ensuring Management Is Future Fit

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In today's changing and complex world, traditional approaches to leadership no longer suffice. The time for 'hero' leaders has passed. Research tells us that people need 'people' as leaders; fully rounded, authentic, resilient, agile, emotionally connected people who can lead with purpose and values. For example, a report by Natwest (2020) notes that the most successful leaders are those who are:

• The consequences will be far-reaching impacting on teams, individuals, external networks, and subsequently wider organisational performance. • Investing in people development alongside leadership development creates a multiplier effect on the investment and helps to build cohesion. Primeast employs a range of proven, world-class tools to support senior leadership development. One of those tools is the Leadership Circle TM .

• Collaborative • Proactive • Positive • Forward-thinking • Innovative

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64% of organisations believe their greatest challenge is developing 'next generation' leaders. Bersin, July 2019

Organisations with leaders who possess these attributes outperform others by nearly two times on EBITDA and are 2.4 times more likely to hit their performance targets during times of significant transformation. Clearly, the traditional focus on growing skills and knowledge (horizontal development) is no longer adequate. Leaders must develop a highly sophisticated internal operating system or mindset (vertical development) to be able to deal with the pace of today's change and the challenges it presents. Vertical development involves transforming the ways a leader thinks. This will then impact on what they do and how they behave:

• Leaders develop the thinking to be able to continue growing and adapting

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