Future Leader - 9 Skills and Mindsets to Succeed in the Next Decade

Are you a future-ready leader? Based on exclusive interviews with over 140 of the world's top CEOs and a survey of nearly 14,000 people.
 
Do you have the right mindsets and skills to be able to lead effectively in the next ten years and beyond? Most individuals and organizations don't even know what leadership will look like in the future. Until now.
 
There has been a lot written about leadership for the present day, but the world is changing quickly. What worked in the past won't work in the future. We need to know how to prepare leaders who can successfully navigate and guide us through the next decade and beyond. How is leadership changing, and why? How ready are leaders today for these changes? What should leaders do now? To answer these questions, Jacob interviewed over 140 CEOs from companies like Unilever, Mastercard, Best Buy, Oracle, Verizon, Kaiser, KPMG, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Yum! Brands, Saint-Gobain, Dominos, Philip Morris International, and over a hundred others. Jacob also partnered with Linkedin to survey almost 14,000 of their members around the globe to see how CEO insights align with employee perspectives
 
The majority of the world's top business leaders that Jacob interviewed believe that while some core aspects of leadership will remain the same, such as creating a vision and executing on strategy, leaders of the future will need a new arsenal of skills and mindsets to succeed.
 
What emerged from all of this research is the most accurate groundbreaking book on the future of leadership, which shares exclusive insights from the world's top CEOs and never before seen research. After reading it, you will:
 
* Learn the greatest trends impacting the future of leadership and their implications
 
* Understand the top skills and mindsets that leaders of the future will need to possess and how to learn them
 
* Change your perception of who a leader is and what leadership means
 
* Tackle the greatest challenges that leaders of the future will face
 
* See the gap that exists between what CEOs identified versus what employees are actually experiencing
 
* Become a future-ready leader
 
This is the book that you, your team, and your organization must to read in order to lead in the future of work.

List of contents

Introduction 1
 
Part 1 Understanding the Role of the Leader 9
 
Chapter 1 The Leadership Gap 11
 
Leaders Today are Struggling 12
 
It's Time to Change 14
 
Chapter 2 Three Essential Leadership Questions 17
 
What is Leadership and Who is a Leader? 17
 
How CEOs Define Leadership 19
 
What are Your Leadership Filters? 21
 
Define Leadership 24
 
Leader or Manager? 24
 
Is the Leader of 2030 Really That Different Than the Leader of Today? 26
 
Chapter 3 The Impact of a Leader 29
 
How Great and Bad Leaders Influence You and Your Organization 29
 
We Need More Great Leaders 33
 
Part 2 Trends and Challenges Shaping Future Leaders 35
 
Chapter 4 Artificial Intelligence and Technology 37
 
Are the Machines Going to Take Over? 39
 
Automating a Job is Not Replacing a Human 40
 
What Leaders Do 41
 
How AI Will Impact Leadership 42
 
Chapter 5 Pace of Change 45
 
Leading in a Future That Doesn't Yet Exist 46
 
Chapter 6 Purpose and Meaning 49
 
Job, Purpose, Impact, Meaning 50
 
Creating Purpose and Meaning 53
 
Chapter 7 New Talent Landscape 57
 
The Massive Talent Shortage 57
 
The Need to Upskill and Retrain 59
 
The Diversity and Inclusion Imperative 61
 
Chapter 8 Morality, Ethics, and Transparency 65
 
Ethics versus Morals 66
 
The Impact of an Ethical Leader 67
 
Leaders Must Be Transparent 70
 
Chapter 9 Globalization 73
 
Diversity and Curiosity are Key 74
 
Chapter 10 Are We Ready for These Trends? 77
 
We Need Less Talk and More Action 81
 
There's an Organizational Breakdown 81
 
Employees are More Confident in Themselves Than in Those Around Them 82
 
Chapter 11 Challenges 85
 
Futurize 86
 
Humanize 92
 
We Aren't Ready for These Challenges 98
 
Enter the Notable Nine 100
 
Part 3 The Four Mindsets of the Notable Nine 103
 
Chapter 12 The Explorer 105
 
An Overview of the Explorer 106
 
We Need More Curiosity 112
 
Super Perpetual Learning 118
 
A Family of Super Perpetual Learners 123
 
Growth Mindset 126
 
Adaptability and Agility 128
 
How Leaders Can Develop the Mindset of the Explorer 130
 
Chapter 13 The Chef 135
 
We Need More HumanIT 136
 
Embracing Technology 139
 
Purpose-Driven and Caring 142
 
How Leaders Can Develop the Mindset of the Chef 145
 
Chapter 14 The Servant 151
 
Service to Your Leaders 152
 
Service to Your Team 153
 
Service to Your Customers 157
 
Service to Yourself 160
 
Humility and Vulnerability 162
 
How Leaders Can Develop the Mindset of the Servant 166
 
Chapter 15 The Global Citizen 169
 
The Benefits of a Global Citizen Mindset 170
 
How Leaders Can Develop the Mindset of Global Citizen 173
 
Chapter 16 How Well are We Practicing These Mindsets Today? 177
 
Mind the Gaps 180
 
The Seniority Curse 180
 
Around the World 182
 
Part 4 The Five Skills of the Notable Nine 187
 
Chapter 17 The Futurist 189
 
How a Futurist Thinks 192
 
How Leaders Can Develop the Skill of the Futurist 195
 
Chapter 18 Yoda 197
 
Emotional Intelligence (Empathy and Self-Awareness) 198
 
Other Components of Emotional Intelligence 202
 
How to Practice This Skill 206
 
Chapter 19 The Translator 209
 
Listening 211
 

About the author

JACOB MORGAN is a bestselling author and one of the world's leading authorities on leadership, the future of work, and employee experience. He's a highly sought-after keynote speaker and advisor who has worked with organizations such as Microsoft, Disney, PwC, PepsiCo, MasterCard, IBM, and many others. As a professionally trained futurist, his insights are frequently featured in publications such as Forbes, Inc., The Wall Street Journal, Fast Company, and The Harvard Business Review. To learn more about Jacob, to get access to his content, or to work with him, visit TheFutureOrganization.com or email him directly: [e-mail].

Product details

• Authors: Jacob Morgan, Morgan Jacob
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 09.04.2020
• EAN: 9781119518372
• ISBN: 978-1-119-51837-2
• No. of pages: 320
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; Führung, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Management f. Führungskräfte, Management / Leadership