Hybrid, digital or traditional-What is the future of leadership?
The Coronavirus pandemic has shined a harsh light of challenges on the business world. One of the greatest impacts of pandemic is the increase of the use of technology. The business world is now in the digital era.
Digital era has changed the landscape of leadership. Nowadays, leaders should combine traditional and digital skills to achieve their goals. As we can see by the results of the poll on Cosmoleadership’s LinkedIn Page, the future of leadership is hybrid. We asked users to answer the question “What is the future of leadership”. In 324 votes, 3% (10 votes) said that the leadership’s future is traditional, 11% (36 votes) believed that the future of leadership is digital and most voters, 86% (278 votes), claimed that the future of leadership is hybrid.
Maybe, you are wondering what the main characteristics of leaders in the digital era are. Cosmoleadership’s team presents you 5+1 skills that a true leader should have in the digital era:
1. Tech-savvy. Leaders should embrace technology and know-how to best leverage it to serve their company.
2. Great coach. As a leader, you should motivate and encourage your team to make their best. Employees are much more productive if they are aligned with the company’s vision.
3. Good communicator. It is important to make clear what leaders ask from their team and their goals. So, they will not micromanage.
4. Empathetic. According to Laura Wilcox, director of management programs at Harvard Extension School, “Emotional intelligence — the ability to, say, understand your effect on others and manage yourself accordingly — accounts for nearly 90 percent of what moves people up the ladder when IQ and technical skills are roughly similar.”
5. Willing to take calculated risks. The landscape of leadership in the digital era is full of challenges. However, don’t be afraid of taking calculated risks to achieve your goals.
6. Future-focused. Being a futurist makes organizations proactive and better prepared for what the future might bring.
As you can easily understand, future leadership will be a combination of traditional and digital skills. However, the main difference will be the impact of technology. We are curious to see what else will change in leadership in the next decades.
