BEING A BRAND NEW LEADER in 2019 Three Topics to help you reflect

The most powerful leader can say one thing one day and deny it the next day as fake news. Complexity has replaced simplicity as the only certainty despite what either side might try to say on either side of the Brexit debate. World Powers can eliminate at will those that speak out or seek asylum and blame it on renegades or even tourists! We are told that “Austerity “ is over in the UK but “ Universal Credit “is driving young women into prostitution. Brave men and women who have fought for our freedom increasingly end up sleeping rough.

Machine Learning, data science and rapid developments in technology are changing the retail market, making our high streets dormant and restructuring the nature of work itself. 

Strategy is increasingly becoming art rather than science and replaced by the agility to build effective coalitions to inform and support their decision-making.

So what will it take to be a relevant leader in the approaching third decade of the 21st Century?

Here are 3 discussion topics to help you reflect

1. Knowing who you are

Are you clear about your values are they what you stand for? What is your code of trust in a world of rampant distrust? Knowing who you are and what you stand for will help you project the right image and build your reputation.

2. Knowing People

How well do you know the people you work for and those that work for you? Do you really understand what makes your business associates and partners want to work with you? Knowing what motivates and drives others will help you work with and for them more effectively.

3. Knowing what to focus on

Do you know what your priorities are for 2019 and the next 3 years? What will you do to deliver your objectives and meet expectations? Don't just say "yes I do" write these objectives down and think carefully about how you will spend your valuable time achieving them.

This is the beginning of the journey of understanding how to present yourself, your organisation and business. 

Want to focus in on just one question, just ask yourself “what will I do to be a better leader this year or where else can I be a better leader?"

The answers lie within. For effective guidance, critical challenge and support contact Noorzaman directly. He is an Executive Sounding Board, who will help you hold up a mirror to increase your self-awareness, re-align your ambition to your core values, test out your ideas and approaches to overcome your challenges and achieve your goals.