New Leadership Requires New Thinking

New Leadership Requires New Thinking

Any conversation about leadership is both important and evolving. The following (abridged) article from The Edge | Markets (7 July 2017) offers a brief, but excellent, modern, local take on leadership today and beyond. 

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Former Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) governor and chairman of Iclif Tan Sri Dr Zeti Akhtar Aziz said the concept of leadership in the 21st century demands new thinking.

This new thinking, she said, takes into account the increasing rate of change, the complexities of a more globalised world, and the need for sustainability in the face of heightened uncertainty.

“Unlike conventional thinking, leadership has nothing to do with one’s position, title or authority. Rather, leadership [now] is about the drive to create a better future, and having the inner energy to keep going despite resistance and obstacles,” she said during her keynote address at the launch of the 2017 Leadership Energy Summit Asia (Lesa) yesterday.

Zeti also touched on the importance of “Open Source Leadership” — ... which seeks to explore what it takes to be a transformative leader in the 21st century, who must reinvent themselves to thrive in a connected, transparent and disruptive environment, and how technological empowerment has transformed companies into open-source organisations.

“We must consider the uber-connected environment of today as well as the increasing number of sophisticated young talent that do not think, act, perceive, strategise or make decisions like their parents did; where business-as-usual is a thing of the past”.

Source: http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/zeti-concept-leadership-21st-century-demands-new-thinking