Introduction
In the 21st century leadership is faced with large changes and challenges. With rapidly changing business environment and development of technology, business leaders need to learn cognitive flexibility, stress tolerance, good interpretation skill and critical thinking
(Greenberg, 2012). Whether or not these are all skills good leaders need. Perhaps, they are still valuable for leadership in the 21st century. According to Rose (2008) in
Leadership in for the 21st, the basic definition of leadership has not changed significantly over the last 100 years. But while the key components of leadership do not change, the skills of leadership and the techniques for training leaders can be undoubted adjusted.
Jain (2014) said that you cannot depend on what may have worked in the past. Today is global world. The challenges and issues leaders confront are changing with a rapid speed.
All this is certainly true. But what are the adequate skills required for leadership in the
21st century? This assignment will explore some must- have skills for new leadership in
21st century. It will consider about entrepreneurial mindset, the role of telling story in engagement employee and the effective of online network. Group dynamic and reflection through lecture series will also mentioned.
Leadership in 21st century: new leadership
Broadhead, 2014 in his speech ‘Management in 21st century’’ showed some statistics conducted by CMI found that:
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Leadership in 21st century
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47% of workers have left due to bad management
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49% would take a pay cut if they could work for a better manager
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50% believe they can do a better job than their manager
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68% are ‘accidental’ not ‘aspirational’ managers
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63% had no management training
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Only 28% had a formal management qualification
And he believes that managers and leaders will need to be retrained and developed with new skills and attitudes for 21st century. Alvin Toffler also said that the