New trends in leadership for the 21st century (I)
The global challenges of our time need a holistic form of humanistic leadership capable of combining the care for individuals, corporate reality, and the common good into a single management style.
Many articles and books are currently being written about the need for a more humane new style of leadership and management. They come from both scholars and practitioners alike: the specialized financial press like FT (Business leaders feel pressure to keep their skills up to date or Turbulence ahead: new leaders required), strategic consultancies, such as McKinsey (Hubert Joly on unleashing human magic) or BCG (Human-centered leaders are the future of leadership), or even international institutions such as the World Economic Forum, that emphasize the importance of education in order to prepare future leaders.
This turnaround has been caused by a wide array of factors.
Article published in Esade Do Better