LEVEL: Intermediate +
AGE: Adults
DISCUSS BEFORE YOU WATCH
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- · Which of the following characteristics do you consider the most important in a leader and why? Rank them in order of importance and account for your answer.
TRUST MINDFULNESS CURIOSITY SENSITIVITY A SENSE OF DIRECTION ACCOUTABILITY EMPATHY A SENSE OF CALLING
- What is the single most important skill that the leaders of the future will need?
WATCHING FOR MAIN IDEAS
- Is any of the ideas you've discussed mentioned?
WATCHING FOR DETAILS
- Watch some people answer the question "What is the single most important skill that the leaders of the future will need?" and complete the chart below.
Position/ Company | Most important Skill Leaders of the future will need | Why? | |
Angel Cabrera | |||
Bill George | |||
Daisy Wademan Dowling | |||
Andy Zelleke | |||
Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld | |||
Evan Wittenberg | |||
Dr. Ellen Langer | |||
Scott Snook |
KEY
Position/ Organization | Most important Skill Leaders of the future will need | Why? | |
Angel Cabrera | President of Thunderbird, school of Global management | Have the trust of followers Be reliable/ trustworthy | It’s hard to build/ easy to lose Especially useful in this era of new communication tools with lots of exposure. The leader should use the tools at hand to build and preserve trust. |
Bill George | Professor, Harvard Business School | Leadership is not about skill but a question of character of the person within. The leader should be genuine and have an understanding of themselves and a sense of purpose, passion and mission. | If they don’t know where they are going they cannot rally people and align them along this common sense of purpose. |
Daisy Wademan Dowling | Executive Director, Leadership Development at Morgan Stanley | Have Empathy/ a relentless desire to build capacity in the people around them (they should be teachers) | Without empathy they can’t understand other people’s motivation and get them excited about the direction they’ve set for the company. |
Andy Zelleke | Lecturer in public policy, Harvard Kennedy School. | Having a devotion to the interests of others (that’s a timeless aspect) | |
Batia Mishan Wiesenfeld | Professor, Leonard Stern School of Business NYU | Having the habit of explaining what drives your actions/ decisions. | It forces you to understand the underlying values that are driving your behavior and allow you to ensure that you’re conveying/ communicating those to others. This creates a dynamic of accountability. The values get aligned with the practices. |
Evan Wittenberg | Head of Global Leadership Development, Google inc. | Curiosity/ inquisitiveness | The world is terribly complex and leaders are working more across boundaries. Therefore you need to be able to admit you don’t know everything and not make assumptions. |
Dr. Ellen Langer | Professor, Harvard University | Mindfulness (noticing new things and take advantage of opportunities) | You no longer have people applying yesterday’s solutions to today’s problems. |
Scott Snook | Associate Professor, Harvard Business School. | Having a clear sense of their calling/ purpose | No matter how competent or skilled they are if they don’t have a clarity of purpose, which is the bedrock of what leaders of the future need. |
Vocabulary for exploitation
· Followers take a leap of faith
· Trust is all you have
· Use the tools at your disposal
· Have a sense of direction, passion and mission.
· You need to understand the people you’re working alongside.
· They need to have a relentless desire to build capacity in the people around them.
· They need to have a devotion to the interests of others. That’s a timeless aspect of leadership.
· The most important trait when a leader is giving direction is to get into the habit of always explaining why.
· This forces you to identify the underlying values that are driving your behavior or your request.
· This allows them ensure they are conveying their values to others.
· The values should get aligned with the practice.
· Leaders are working across organizational boundaries.
· Leaders should be curious and inquisitive.
· Leaders of the future would prosper enormously by becoming more mindful.
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