Category: Improve Academy

Who does not want to improve?

This Is Why Great Leaders Are Needed Today Than Ever

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Innovation Management, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

‘Leadership is about how you make people feel.’

‘Leadership should not be an earned status.’

‘True leaders can deal with challenging situations while their mind is relaxed.’

‘Leadership is not necessarily a person, it is a mindset which can be applied by anyone.’

‘It takes a leadership state of mind to bring people together and get the most out of their shared moments.’

‘The key requirement to managing an open focus is self-awareness.’

‘Leadership that is not controlling, not driven by competition and non-judgmental. It is the type of leadership that creates the space for people to connect and co-create.’

‘Anything unforeseen can be turned into an opportunity.’

‘By paying attention to outliers, better arguments can be built to support the final collective choice.’

‘You cannot force growth, you can only nurture growth.’

‘Only when the why is well-formulated does it make sense to proceed.’

‘When it is hard to find the right approach, it is a really good idea to sleep on it.’

Source:

Alwin Put (2021). Captains of Leadership: Build your Facilitative Confidence

This Is The Future Of Work

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in Health & Well-Being, Improve Academy, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning Report

‘While portions of many jobs will change, and some jobs will likely be eliminated entirely, many more jobs will evolve.‘

‘The challenge we face when working wih technology is to use it to augment workers, not replace them. Although replacement can create greater efficiency and cost savings, it does not create new value.’

‘The top three skills needed to survive in the future of work are complex problem solving, critical thinking, and creativity, according to the World Economic Forum.’

‘If there is no organization or structure that holds people, it creates pressures that can be very different for an individual to face alone.’

‘As work becomes more borderless, with more collaboration happening virtually, where work gets done will continue to change, too.’

‘The solo effect occurs when different departments or teams within an organization fail to communicate, and undermine productivity as a result. Two departments could be working on the same initiative, or at cross purposes, without knowing it.’

‘Doing more of the same, and doing it faster, is not where the magic happens- the magic is when workers and teams can solve new problems and create new value, services, and relationships.’

‘Business leaders face critical choices that will determine whether their workers are marginalized or empowered, and creating value or merely cutting costs.’

‘Transition nets are designed to help develop careers in the flow of life … They reflect the challenges of lives that include a dozen jobs, and that are not static or predictable.’

‘The social … imperative we are face to invest in education and transitions will allow us to build a more productive economy and a fair society.’

Source:

Jeff Schwartz, Suzanne Riss, and Tom Fishburne (2021). Work Disrupted: Opportunity, Resilience, and Growth in the Accelerated Future of Work.