The horror of 911 has made it even more evident that we are one interconnected world – what goes on in other parts of the world, particularly in poorer countries and different cultures, and how we are seen there affects us all. In this rapidly transforming world, we are confronted with major issues, many of them global.
Business leaders, in all sectors, public and private, face an enormously difficult task - both responding to these issues and ensuring the survival and prosperity of their organisations at the same time. They face intense and constantly shifting global competition, technological revolution, faster and faster change, enormous pressures and huge complexity. The reality is that all these issues are opportunities. In organisations today, we need a more complex approach to leadership. The world we live in is exciting and full of opportunity — but also hugely demanding. Because of the degree of complexity and uncertainty, a far more complex approach to leadership is needed than got us by in the past – not so much a heroic approach but a more enabling one.
In this latest addition to the TrainingZONE Document Centre, Bruce Nixon examines the role of the leader in this new world.
