TALENT TOPICS
BY PETRA KOLBER
Mindset Reset for
Transformational Leadership
Never has consistent, collaborative and communicative leadership been more needed. The
landscape of even a few months ago has changed, and the guidebooks of last year are out.
Stepping into their place is an extraordinary opportunity to create a new leadership model,
one built upon a foundation of innovation, empathy, trust and collaboration.
CONNECTION IS THE CURRENCY OF YOUR
FUTURE. Unwavering leadership has never been more inspiration will be your currency of the future, and these
‘soft skills’ are going to yield hard, positive results for you
important, and yet the skills we need to excel today are
vastly different from the ones needed to excel yesterday.
To be an exceptional leader in 2020, it is important to
think of the collective versus the individual, as well as to
coach to the person—not the job description.
The ability to connect with and inspire employees was
once considered an unnecessary soft skill. Now, connec-
tion and inspiration are the vital leadership skills needed
to navigate the uncertain world of today. Connection and and your team.
The new model of today lies at the intersection of ef-
fective leadership and personal flourishing. It requires an
environment where we replace the mitigation of individ-
ual weaknesses with the development of a person’s po-
tential. It also requires us to use the lens of appreciative
inquiry (seeking out the best in people) rather than a lens
which seeks out employees’ flaws and faults.
Transformational leadership only takes a small “mind-
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