2022: Are you on trend? Leaders that have a character that evokes trust, courage and curiosity are the ones that experts want to work with By Nalin Kumar Miglani
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LEADERSHIP In: Character Out: Knowledge We were already clear that hierarchy and position are not viable levers for real leadership. We were learning to lead through expertise and knowledge. Sadly, that is not going to work anymore. When your job is to lead cloud experts, ML gurus, data scientists and git hub geeks, there is no way you can ‘out-knowledge’ or ‘out-expert’ them. They are themselves trying to either stay updated or create knowledge. And, they don’t have the time and patience to work with leaders that require time and effort to
manage. Leaders that have a character that evokes trust, courage and curiosity are the ones that experts want to work with. LIFE In: Integration Out: Work-Life Balance The hottest subject, for the longest time, on planet corporate, was ‘work-life balance.’ Life and work were perceived to be segregated and mutually exclusive. It was a zero-sum game. To have more life, you need to have less work. We actively disintegrated life into ‘life’ and ‘work.’ When you ‘went’ to work, you dressed ‘professionally’ — you became a different self. In your ‘hours of work,’ it was ‘unprofessional’ to do ‘personal’ stuff. DECEMBER 2021 |
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MONEY In: Upfront cash. Out: Complex, long term retention schemes. In a sellers’ market, attraction takes priority over retention. It is simple. You cannot retain people that you don’t have. Bringing people into the door is top priority. Of course, attracting people is an outcome of many factors. But don’t overcomplicate it. The world is changing fast. Everyone knows it. Maximizing the value now is top of mind. People are betting on their
future more than the future of the companies they join.
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fter two extraordinary years, we wait for 2022 with some anxiety and a lot of hope. We know that big change is round the corner. By now we have read, heard, and scrolled ten thousand LinkedIn posts about it. Yet, we are unclear on how we should prepare for 2022. Let us take a tentative peep round the corner and identify what 2022 is about to bring and what it is leaving behind. What is in? What is out?
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