15 min
The Future of Leadership with Jacob Morgan Workhuman Radio
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This week’s guest on WorkHuman Radio is Jacob Morgan, TED keynote speaker, four-time bestselling author, and creator of the Future of Work University. Jacob chats with Mike Wood about his soon-to-be-released book, The Future Leader, and how to become the kind of leader the future needs.
Leadership in the Future
Jacob teamed up with LinkedIn to research the trends shaping future leaders, the greatest challenges that future leaders will have to overcome, and the mindsets and skills that future leaders will need to possess. Some aspects of leadership are timeless and will remain constant. However, the impact of artificial intelligence and technology, globalization and the changing nature of talent are some of the issues that will shape how we conduct business in the future. As such, the future demands that leaders possess what Jacob calls The Notable Nine - a collection of four specific mindsets and 5 skills.
What is Leadership?
Most of the 140 CEOs that Jacob interviewed found it difficult to define leaders and leadership. Jacob comments that we all assume we know who a good leader is and what good leadership is, but that’s simply not true. He says that we should start by writing down our definition of leadership, because that will determine the filters we put in place. Mike adds that WorkHuman helps its clients tie their vision to their values, and everything trickles down from that. Jacob responds that many organizations have similar values. What’s different is how these values come to life.
A Tremendous Opportunity
His research showed that more than 50% of leaders believe that they successfully practice leadership skills and mindsets. Interestingly, of the 14,000 employees surveyed, less than 10% rated their leaders as performing very well. Jacob points out that if the people who work for you don’t say that you're doing a good job, then you're not doing a good job. It really doesn't matter what you think about yourself as a leader. This presents a tremendous opportunity to step up and practice these skills and mindsets, and teach others to do the same. Your job as a leader is to build yourself up to become a lighthouse, and also to guide other people.
Resources
The Future Leader book
TheFutureOrganization.com
This week’s guest on WorkHuman Radio is Jacob Morgan, TED keynote speaker, four-time bestselling author, and creator of the Future of Work University. Jacob chats with Mike Wood about his soon-to-be-released book, The Future Leader, and how to become the kind of leader the future needs.
Leadership in the Future
Jacob teamed up with LinkedIn to research the trends shaping future leaders, the greatest challenges that future leaders will have to overcome, and the mindsets and skills that future leaders will need to possess. Some aspects of leadership are timeless and will remain constant. However, the impact of artificial intelligence and technology, globalization and the changing nature of talent are some of the issues that will shape how we conduct business in the future. As such, the future demands that leaders possess what Jacob calls The Notable Nine - a collection of four specific mindsets and 5 skills.
What is Leadership?
Most of the 140 CEOs that Jacob interviewed found it difficult to define leaders and leadership. Jacob comments that we all assume we know who a good leader is and what good leadership is, but that’s simply not true. He says that we should start by writing down our definition of leadership, because that will determine the filters we put in place. Mike adds that WorkHuman helps its clients tie their vision to their values, and everything trickles down from that. Jacob responds that many organizations have similar values. What’s different is how these values come to life.
A Tremendous Opportunity
His research showed that more than 50% of leaders believe that they successfully practice leadership skills and mindsets. Interestingly, of the 14,000 employees surveyed, less than 10% rated their leaders as performing very well. Jacob points out that if the people who work for you don’t say that you're doing a good job, then you're not doing a good job. It really doesn't matter what you think about yourself as a leader. This presents a tremendous opportunity to step up and practice these skills and mindsets, and teach others to do the same. Your job as a leader is to build yourself up to become a lighthouse, and also to guide other people.
Resources
The Future Leader book
TheFutureOrganization.com
15 min