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What makes a future-fit leader?
To thrive in this ever-complex environment, leaders must embrace the complexity within themselves. Future-fit leaders have three things in common: five paradoxical mindsets, an interconnected view of the world and an extended purpose.
What’s inside this article
With new research reports being released on the future of work seemingly every day, we were keen to understand what this really means for leaders of organisations.
In order to do this, our research team carried out a rigorous project that included a survey with over 150 C-suite leaders from organisations with at least a £10 million turnover and 17 in-depth interviews with leaders across the globe who have won industry awards for their future thinking, innovation and/or disruption.
What you’ll take away from this article
Our aim was to answer the question, ‘What mindsets and skills do leaders need now to ensure the success of their organisation in the future?’ And, our findings suggest that future-fit leaders have three things in common:
- Five paradoxical mindsets
- An interconnected view of the world
- An extended purpose
You can read the full findings in the survey report and white papers available on our website, but here’s a taster of what we found…
