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What kind of leadership skills will be required in the future?

THE FUTURE

Our future will require the ability to find new solutions to the growing problems of the ecosystem, the stability of world peace, and thus our survival. In many already destitute nations, such as parts of Africa and South America, a lack of food can easily create wars between groups of people. The changing situation will bring huge challenges and also great opportunities. Business will flourish, and it will build strong foundations for the security and future of our planet.

In the future what leadership skills will be needed? And what type of leaders will be required?
Throughout history, we have seen time and again that chaos always gives birth to a strong ruler like in Russia- Kathrine the Great or or in more recent history,Joseph Stalin.
But if we want to protect our future we will need something absolutely opposite. To survive as a whole, to sustain life on earth, not just for humans but for the animals and plants, to have fresh water and clean air we need leaders who will be able to unify the whole planet. Like Napoleon Bonaparte , the god of war, Alexander the Great of Macedon. Humans and wildlife. With the growing number of people and declining resources of fresh water and food, we will have no choice but to start existing more consciously as one organism. Or to start fighting for food, which will encourage catastrophic consequences, which is what happened in Rwanda and Burundi in 1994, when genocide claimed the lives of nearly 1 million people in only 100 days.

Forecasts For the Future

• our current population of 6.8 billion is estimated to grow to 8.9 billion by 2050, which will continue to increase the already high levels of pollution, conflicts between nations, and a growing need for food and water and thus more fertile land
• growing need for strong individuals and to raise of the importance of proper authority
• depletion of the fisheries of the oceans
• more severe weather changes and weather-related catastrophes like hurricanes as well as more difficulty in producing food because of too high or too low temperatures
• rising level of poverty caused by the weather changes, and therefore a rise in terrorism
• huge differences between the wealthy and the poor and the rise of wealth in the more technologically advanced nations

But not just negative forecasts; there will be some positive ones, too:

• decrease in pollution because of an increase in human consciousness about the need to sustain life; popularity of eco-friendly technology and thinking
• birth of a new type of “profitable and good for the planet” business, as well as business leaders like Richard Branson
• increase of awareness of the growth of practical education; the importance and power of the internet and TV
• rising level of health concerns that will catapult the protection of the wildlife
• growth of large corporations

So the leadership skills that will be needed are:

• integrity, complete honesty
• open-minded cooperation with nature as a partner and surrounding oneself with the top thinkers on the planet
• drive for excellence
• hunger for knowledge about the stability of the ecosystem
• strategic thinking and decisiveness like long-term goal planning and the ability to monetize the crisis
• the desire to persuade business people to invest in “green” companies, and to give such firms the ability to prosper
• empowerment
• passion about the future
• persuasiveness
• independent thinking as well as the ability to respect and listen to others
• ability to question reality
• ability to understand human psychology and the behavior of the masses

Nature has the power to rebuild itself, but we need to give it time. The 21st century is the era of choice; if we can think globally, our future will be more prosperous and happy than we have ever experienced before in the history of humankind. There is a way to do it—education and integrity are the keys to the future.

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What are your thoughts about the Leadership of the future? What do you think, what Leadership Skills will be needed? What might be different, and will it influence the business-side of life?

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The world of the future will not resemble the world we currently know. Our whole planet is changing. We are breaking down the ecosystem and thus weakening its ability to rebuild balance and stability on this planet. And we need natural harmony if the whole system is to thrive, which includes clear water, wholesome food and fresh air. There are many feasible solutions to this problem right now, and still more that are yet to be discovered. But to succeed, we will need a new type of leadership, one headed by such an individual as Richard Branson.

The Current Situation

A simple example such as the sperm whale can illustrate our current situation. Recent studies have shown that the tissue of sperm whales contains significant amounts of toxic metals like mercury, cadmium, chromium, titanium, silver, lead and aluminium in doses that are far beyond what is acceptable to an organism’s ability to reproduce and sustain its species. Chromium alone is known to cause cancer in humans. These findings show the unfolding danger not only for the fauna and flora of the oceans, but also of humans since many of us consume fish. Seafood is the primary source of animal protein for 1 billion people on our planet. The fact that whales contain such high levels of toxins demonstrates an obvious truth: that all other ocean-dwelling species are exposed to them as well.

The oceans are filled with toxins that were mostly created after the second World War when we dumped huge numbers of contaminants into the water, including the fertilizers we use on our crops that are washed from the fields and eventually flow into the oceans.

Such high levels of toxins are deadly because rather than being expelled from the body or system, they are absorbed and passed on to the next generation, thus accumulating. The level of mercury in whale tissue, for example, is as high as 16 parts per million. Keeping in mind that 1 part per million in the body of fish is considered inedible, you can see that this is a serious issue.

The state of the earth is like a Rubik’s cube—when you shift one square all the other sides shift as well. We have reached astounding achievements in our history, from inventions to scaling the highest peaks in the world to walking on the Moon, so we know we have the capacity to reverse this situation before it’s too late, but we need major changes.

So what kind of leadership skills will be required in the future?

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MARTINA NAVRATILOVA :

Born October 18, 1956 a Czech American tennis player , a left-hander and “the greatest singles, doubles and mixed doubles player who’s ever lived” -Billie Jean King, 2006.

ELIZABETH I

Elizabeth I of England (7 September 1533 – 24 March 1603), Queen regnant of England and Queen regnant of Ireland for 44 years. Sometimes called The Virgin Queen.
She was the daughter of Henry VIII and Anne Boleyn (who was beheaded by him two and a half years after the birth of Elizabeth)

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While flipping through my father’s old sports magazines, I came across this famous story:

In the 1970s there was a car racing team that won one race after another. The team consisted of Finnish driver Timo Mäkinen and his British pilot Henry Liddon. They raced together for more than twenty years and their international rally wins were:

• 1964 Tulip Rally (Mini Cooper S)
• 1965 Monte Carlo Rally (Mini Cooper S)
• 1965 1000 Lakes (Mini Cooper S)
• 1966 1000 Lakes (Mini Cooper S)
• 1966 Three Cities Rally (Mini Cooper S)
• 1967 1000 Lakes (Mini Cooper S)
• 1972 Hong Kong Rally (Ford Escort RS)
• 1973 Arctic Rally (Ford Escort RS)
• 1973 1000 Lakes (Ford Escort RS)
• 1973 RAC Rally (Ford Escort RS)
• 1974 RAC Rally (Ford Escort RS)
• 1974 Ivory Coast Rally (Ford Escort RS)
• 1975 RAC Rally (Ford Escort RS)
• 1976 Ivory Coast Rally (Peugeot 504 V6)

Pretty Impressive…! They were an unbeatable team but it was not plain luck; there was a key to it. This is their story:

Two weeks before every motor race, Henry Liddon, being a navigator or pilot as some call it,  arrived at the rally location. He borrowed a car and went through the whole track several times to familiarize himself with it and learn where the important places would be, like the service bay. After several days when he knew the plan nearly by heart, Mäkinen would arrive and they would practice together, using Liddon’s notes. They went through the whole track several times and the result was inevitable.

They won.

During the race, the navigator needs to have quick solutions to questions, and the answers come from preparation, intuition and experience.

The business environment is a carbon copy of this. You need speed, quick reflexes, sharp skills, and you need to be able to look far into the future. When you prepare and write a detailed business plan, you become hardwired for success. Writing a business plan makes you more creative, able to see the big picture—the purpose of your entrepreneur idea—and  lets you see what is needed in order to succeed.

We all love to win. And there can only be one winner. What creates the winner is:

-          passion and drive, as well as awareness of purpose (that’s the driver)

-          a detailed plan of action, a  business plan (that’s the brain of the race)

Without these qualities you can still drive, but without a plan you may end up going nowhere.  It is the strategic planning process that takes you further. Having a plan enables you to become a winner.

And here is what Lance Armstrong*  has to say about winning, mindset and strategy

Lance Armstrong – an American professional road racing cyclist who is best known for winning the Tour de France a record seven consecutive times, after having survived testicular cancer. He is also the founder and chairman of the Lance Armstrong Foundation for cancer research and support~Wikipedia

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Here are four examples of young entrepreneurs who became multimillionaires in a short period of time, building their financial futures on invention. The simple billion dollar idea comes out of a need to improve what exists and what can be done much better.

The examples are taken at random as the world is full of people doing this kind of work. See what drives them.

Need is the mother of invention:

1. Gurbaksh Chahal, born  1982

Also known as G, an American entrepreneur, author and TV Personality, Chahal appeared on the Oprah Winfrey Show. He created:

• Clickagents.com at the age of 16 , sold it for $40 million to Yahoo in 2000
• BlueLithium.com at the age of 22, sold it for $300 million to Yahoo in 2006

He was born in India and moved with his family to the USA at the age of 4. After having difficulties with his peers at school he concentrated on expanding his own creativity, which brought to life his first company and was soon followed by his second invention BlueLithium.

His core values:

• family
• excellence in what he does
• creativity, inventiveness (his second company, BlueLithium, was named Top Innovator by AlwaysOn)
• the best revenge is doing well; his dream fuelled his success
• getting ahead and controlling his own destiny and not letting anyone else try to put him down

2.  DAVID KIM, born 1979

C2 Education, America  -  c2educate.com  -  2008 -  $48 million

While in college, David started teaching young kids. When he saw how they improved he knew that it was something that he should be working on. He loved watching their ability to improve at anything they really wanted. “Being able to motivate them and relate to them, since I wasn’t that much older, I saw there was a niche for that type of mentoring and tutoring.”

Core values:

• excellence
• helping others succeed
• taking care of the pupil’s individuality
• working with the right people, choosing excellent tutors and expanding the brand
• knowing the big picture, the purpose of his business

3. GARY GOLDBERG, born 1970

America,  Rhode Island -  cleanrest.com  – 1998 – $20 million

This is a company that produces allergy barrier bedding products. The idea first came to Goldberg after his young child had major problems with allergies which prevented him from sleeping because of the dust mite waste. The high quality products he needed did not exist at that time, so he decided to invent them.

Core values:

• obsessed with improvement
• obsessed with security of people’s health
• perfectionism: be the best, and the market is always for there you
• authenticity and honesty, and building the brand on the foundation of integrity and high quality products

Never give up. “Everything that I have ever started in my entrepreneurial career has been mocked at the onset. People would say: ‘That’s ridiculous. What do you think you’re going to do? Why would anybody want that?’ If you believe in it, rationalize it, go back to it and rework it. It can happen.”

4. TONY HSIEH, born 1970

Zappos.com with Nick Swinmurn

This is a one-stop online shop for men’s, women’s and children’s shoes that is projecting $1 billion in sales by the end of 2010.

An idea emerged when Nick Swinmurn went to the mall and lost time searching for shoes that he wanted. A light bulb moment arrived with the will to simplify and create an online store.  He encouraged Tony Hsieh to invest his money and from 1999 to 2003 the company made $65 million.

Core values:

• will to expand
• desire to deliver excellent service
• receptiveness to the needs of the current customers
• self-reliance
• simplicity
• be humble
• create fun and little weirdness

See the full-length interview with Tony Hsieh , follow the link ( Meet The Boss TV):

http://www.meettheboss.tv/broadcast/?contributorFullName=tony-hsieh&mediaTitle=how-great-service-transformed-zapposcom&mediaFileId=20

An American proverb says: “money lies on the street”. It takes eyes to spot the opportunity.

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One of the best ways to master a new skill is to learn public speaking and to teach it to others. Investor and business man Warren Buffet proved this theory when he taught investing to people twice his age. Chris Howard, master of NLP and wealth creation, has also successfully demonstrated this idea.

Why is teaching others the subject we want to master so groundbreaking?

We all have a unique way of looking at complex problems and discovering solutions to them. The more we understand the problem, the sooner we can solve it, and one of the most efficient ways to understand something is to put it into words by talking about it with others. This is when our vague ideas take shape and every time we talk about the idea, the shape becomes more focused. If you try to understand the issue by teaching it to others, you can’t help but move forward, because when we teach, we need our listeners to understand us and we can also learn different approaches to the discussed problem. Teaching becomes a brainstorming session, opening doors to new ideas and, of course, to better understanding.  This is when the “light bulb” moments appear.

What is the result of clarity of thought?

Napoleon Bonaparte was famous for being able to express his plans in a very simple and precise way. As a result, he is one of the greatest geniuses of all times. He was able to conquer nearly all of Europe in record time and win “unwinnable” battles. He said about himself that his arm was directly linked to his head; he was quick to recognize his intuition and act upon it. The easiest way to heed your intuition about something is to hear yourself talk out loud about it.

Another great example…

By talking about money and by learning new vocabulary related to it, you expand your imagination in that particular direction. You can choose nearly any topic and the result will be the same. The more you understand a topic, the more intuitive your ideas about it become and then the results are immediate. This is, of course, connected to the limited focus of our brain, which takes in and processes only a small fraction of what is happening around us. The ability to choose keeps us sane. But at the same time what you choose to think about on a continuous basis becomes your reality. When the results are not what you want to have in your life you can change them by directing your focus to those parts of reality that have been out of focus for you. And you do this by brainstorming with other people on a particular topic, and the best way to do this is to teach them.

When you learn something new, you remember only a small fraction of this new knowledge. Repetition is the key to success, and by teaching you strengthen what you already know. Why is this so? There are many factors at play, including the way our brain works to gaining self-esteem and confidence in a particular field.

Remember…

When you teach a particular subject you are confronted by people who see it from their own perspectives. You become more tolerant both for yourself and for others. This then opens up tremendous possibilities for your imagination to grow… and it is imagination that rules the world.

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