Disruptive Leadership: The Rise of Brave New Leaders

It’s necessary to every so often take time to reflect on the changes that have taken place in the world of work over the past years. The pandemic has forced us to rethink our approach to work, and it's become clear that we desperately need new ways of working and leading organizations. The old ways of doing things no longer suffice, and to keep up with the competition, we need a new breed of leaders. I call these people Brave New Leaders.

A Brave New Leader is someone who leads their organization with a focus on human-centric ways of working, which involves a focus on customers, employees, and other stakeholders. You believe that humans are inherently capable and trustworthy, and the organization is a living, social organism made up of interactions between humans. To achieve the three big goals of 1) strategic renewal and agility, 2) innovation being everyone’s job, and 3) engaging work environments, you focus on the DNA of the Human-Centric Organization, which comprises five principles.

The first principle is being driven by a purpose, which means that the organization and team have a clear mission and everything they do is focused on achieving that mission, defined from a human perspective.?

The second principle is focusing on progress, which means being action-oriented and continuously delivering outcomes in short cycles, with a safe-to-try mindset, limited work in progress, and limited handoffs, while continuously iterating and learning through action.?

The third principle is having a collaborative mindset, which means making meaningful progress through collaboration with all the people and functions that have the necessary expertise to create and deliver value, interacting in ways that transcend the org chart.?

The fourth principle is working in the open, which means being transparent and providing access to all information, making it available to everybody by default, except for information required to be kept confidential for legal reasons.

The fifth and last principle is to be people-positive. This means you believe that as human beings, we are internally motivated, enjoy our jobs, take full responsibility for our actions, and do not need close supervision to create quality work.

A Brave New Leader understands that organizations of the future need to be both performant and human and that a shared purpose that defines success through the eyes of customers, stakeholders, and society taps into our basic human need to be part of something larger than ourselves and motivates people to succeed.

Curious to learn more about Brave New Leaders and how to develop these characteristics in yourself and your team? Watch the full video. Click on the link below to access the video and take the first step towards becoming a Brave New Leader.?