LEADERSHIP - In The Ocean Of Globalization...

In a world where leading across a fluid network may become more important than leading from above a fixed hierarchy, being able to effectively share leadership is not an option. In an alliance structure telling partners what to do may quickly lead to having no partners. All parties will have to be able to work together to achieve the common good.

Telling people what to do and how to do it becomes ridiculous. The leader should ask for input and sharing information. Knowledge workers of the future may well be difficult to keep. Skills in hiring and retaining key talent will be a valuable commodity for the leader of the future. Sharing leadership may be one way to help demonstrate this skill.

If we accept that workers of tomorrow need to be involved and engaged in the journey to a common goal , then they cannot be led unless they actively participate in the vision.

Employees will have to share in the vision that the leader has developed , so that they can contribute constructively.

Employees will be multi-skilled and need to take more than their share of responsibility. They may be dispersed around the globe and interaction will be minimal , only when required. All this means , every employee will have to manage herself. This can only happen if they all share a common dream.

Energising everyone towards this dream will be the leader's job. He will have to be a charismatic man manager , rather than a technocrat.

The leadership succeeds where it proceeds.The days of towering personality have gone.The globalization has brought about paradigm shift in the attitude.The administration or management is not a monolithic block,it must posses quality of absorbing diversity of cultures,languages,foods,traditions and sharing the vision with the people at the lowest rung.The accessibility is therefore very important ingredient for a successful leadership.

The most Imp thing I feel is a Successful leader shud creat more leaders and not the followers...

He shud take responsibility of everyone and give responsibility to Every one with Authority, great Truest so that Individuals confidance will increase and Individual can turn as a Leader....

Regardless of the boundaries mentioned by you Darshana, the one thing that is most important, at least in professional circles (though I venture to add every where) is that a leader should be a solution provider. He must know the pressure points and provide the release mechanism necessary to make what needs to be done easier to do and enjoyable.

In my 30+ years in career, I have seen that invariably, it does not matter if the leader is even lacking in knowledge. If he knows where to get the solution from and can arrange access to between the solvers and the solution providers, he emerges as a transformative leader.

I highlight this because everyone seems to be talking about things bounded by national and cultural boundaries. This ability is truly without boundary and is needed by all leaders wherever they are from, whatever their followers do, whatever discipline they belong to.

As the importance of globalization increases, future leaders will also need to appreciate cultural diversity. They will have to understand not only the economic and legal differences, but also the social and behavioral differences that are part of working around the world.

Respect for differences in people is one of the most important qualities of a successful global leader. The high-potential leaders believe that developing an understanding of other cultures is not just an obligation, it is an opportunity.

Leadership is something cannot built through teaching OR by training it should be in-built talent.

The so called ocean of globalization has brought forth both the boon and the bane.The Boon -It has brought the flow of ideas,values,vision and practices across the continents and The Bane-Drop a stone in Washington and the ripples will be felt in Bangalore.So the prime job of the Leaders of Today and Tomorrow  is to be ready to change and in most cases be the catalyst of change. 

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