WINNER OF CMI MANAGEMENT BOOK OF THE YEAR 2021
Are you a future-ready leader? Based on exclusive interviews with over 140 of the world's top CEOs and a survey of nearly 14,000 people.
Do you have the right mindsets and skills to be able to lead effectively in the next ten years and beyond? Most individuals and organizations don’t even know what leadership will look like in the future. Until now.
There has been a lot written about leadership for the present day, but the world is changing quickly. What worked in the past won’t work in the future. We need to know how to prepare leaders who can successfully navigate and guide us through the next decade and beyond. How is leadership changing, and why? How ready are leaders today for these changes? What should leaders do now? To answer these questions, Jacob interviewed over 140 CEOs from companies like Unilever, Mastercard, Best Buy, Oracle, Verizon, Kaiser, KPMG, Intercontinental Hotels Group, Yum! Brands, Saint-Gobain, Dominos, Philip Morris International, and over a hundred others. Jacob also partnered with Linkedin to survey almost 14,000 of their members around the globe to see how CEO insights align with employee perspectives
The majority of the world's top business leaders that Jacob interviewed believe that while some core aspects of leadership will remain the same, such as creating a vision and executing on strategy, leaders of the future will need a new arsenal of skills and mindsets to succeed.
What emerged from all of this research is the most accurate groundbreaking book on the future of leadership, which shares exclusive insights from the world's top CEOs and never before seen research. After reading it, you will:
- Learn the greatest trends impacting the future of leadership and their implications
- Understand the top skills and mindsets that leaders of the future will need to possess and how to learn them
- Change your perception of who a leader is and what leadership means
- Tackle the greatest challenges that leaders of the future will face
- See the gap that exists between what CEOs identified versus what employees are actually experiencing
- Become a future-ready leader
This is the book that you, your team, and your organization must read in order to lead in the future of work.
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
Part 1 Understanding the Role of the Leader 9
Chapter 1 The Leadership Gap 11
Leaders Today Are Struggling 12
It’s Time to Change 14
Chapter 2 Three Essential Leadership Questions 17
What is Leadership and Who is a Leader? 17
How CEOs Define Leadership 19
What Are Your Leadership Filters? 21
Define Leadership 24
Leader or Manager? 24
Is the Leader of 2030 Really That Different Than the Leader of Today? 26
Chapter 3 The Impact of a Leader 29
How Great and Bad Leaders Influence You and Your Organization 29
We Need More Great Leaders 33
Part 2 Trends and Challenges Shaping Future Leaders 35
Chapter 4 Artificial Intelligence and Technology 37
Are the Machines Going to Take Over? 39
Automating a Job is Not Replacing a Human 40
What Leaders Do 41
How AI Will Impact Leadership 42
Chapter 5 Pace of Change 45
Leading in a Future That Doesn’t Yet Exist 46
Chapter 6 Purpose and Meaning 49
Job, Purpose, Impact, Meaning 50
Creating Purpose and Meaning 53
Chapter 7 New Talent Landscape 57
The Massive Talent Shortage 57
The Need to Upskill and Retrain 59
The Diversity and Inclusion Imperative 61
Chapter 8 Morality, Ethics, and Transparency 65
Ethics versus Morals 66
The Impact of an Ethical Leader 67
Leaders Must Be Transparent 70
Chapter 9 Globalization 73
Diversity and Curiosity Are Key 74
Chapter 10 Are We Ready for These Trends? 77
We Need Less Talk and More Action 81
There’s an Organizational Breakdown 81
Employees Are More Confident in Themselves Than in Those Around Them 82
Chapter 11 Challenges 85
Futurize 86
Humanize 92
We Aren’t Ready for These Challenges 98
Enter the Notable Nine 100
Part 3 The Four Mindsets of the Notable Nine 103
Chapter 12 The Explorer 105
An Overview of the Explorer 106
We Need More Curiosity 112
Super Perpetual Learning 118
A Family of Super Perpetual Learners 123
Growth Mindset 126
Adaptability and Agility 128
How Leaders Can Develop The Mindset of the Explorer 130
Chapter 13 The Chef 135
We Need More HumanIT 136
Embracing Technology 139
Purpose-Driven and Caring 142
How Leaders Can Develop The Mindset of the Chef 145
Chapter 14 The Servant 151
Service to Your Leaders 152
Service to Your Team 153
Service to Your Customers 157
Service to Yourself 160
Humility and Vulnerability 162
How Leaders Can Develop The Mindset of the Servant 166
Chapter 15 The Global Citizen 169
The Benefits of a Global Citizen Mindset 170
How Leaders Can Develop The Mindset of the Global Citizen 173
Chapter 16 How Well Are We Practicing These Mindsets Today? 177
Mind the Gaps 180
The Seniority Curse 180
Around the World 182
Part 4 The Five Skills of the Notable Nine 187
Chapter 17 The Futurist 189
How a Futurist Thinks 192
How Leaders Can Develop The Skill of the Futurist 195
Chapter 18 Yoda 197
Emotional Intelligence (Empathy and Self-Awareness) 198
Other Components of Emotional Intelligence 202
How Leaders Can Develop The Skill of Yoda 206
Chapter 19 The Translator 209
Listening 211
Communication 213
How Leaders Can Develop The Skill of the Translator 215
Chapter 20 The Coach 221
Motivating, Inspiring, and Engaging People 224
Creating Future Leaders 229
Working Across Generations and Cultures 232
Creating Effective Teams 235
How Leaders Can Develop The Skill of the Coach 238
Chapter 21 The Technology Teenager 241
Understand How Technology Impacts Your Business 241
How Leaders Can Develop The Skill of the Technology Teenager 243
Chapter 22 How Well Are We Practicing These Skills Today? 245
Mind the Gaps - Again! 246
Around the World 248
Are We Future Leader Ready? 248
Part 5 Becoming the Future Leader 253
Chapter 23 Knowing vs Doing 255
Define “Leader” and “Leadership” 258
Look at Your Present State 261
Practice the Skills and Mindsets 261
Build Your Tribe 262
Avoid a Typical Day 263
Guide Others 264
References 267
Acknowledgments 279
About the Author 281
Additional Resources 283
Index 285
