Early in the pandemic, Bersin called it the Big Reset: “The Coronavirus is accelerating one of the biggest business transformations in decades.”
As the business landscape evolves and employees reassess their priorities, leadership is changing as well. To reset thinking on what it means to be a leader today, we asked Josh Bersin and other thought and business leaders for their perspective.
I hear collaboration used more than teamwork now a days. Professionals need to work not only with their team but others in the organization too. Empathy is a very strong theme with the employees having a larger pull and due to the pandemic. It’s a sign of the times and one I hope remains important for years to come. Great leadership is effective when it is trusted and loyal. I think communicating a vision, establishing attainable and challenging goals, then rewarding them is a big part of being a leader. Great leadership is effective for the people and in turn the business.
-Jenny Illum, Director, Executive Recruiting and Diversity Recruitment. Bath & Body Works
A Leader cares about people, sets high standards and goals and thrives on the responsibility to bring their vision to life. A leader is humble and takes input but isn’t afraid to ask the tough questions and make hard decisions. A leader gives credit for success to their team, not themselves. Finally, A leader is willing to put in more effort than she/he would ask of their team.
-Jeff Goldstein, Partner, Monomoy Advisors
I believe what is key to great leadership is a servant-based leadership mindset grounded in authentic leadership values of integrity and humility. This creates inspirational leadership which enables high performance teams. It is all about self-less behavior…
-Kathleen Williams Vice President, Cap Gemini
Great leadership is about having empathy and inspiring teams to achieve goals they did not necessarily think we’re possible, at first.
-Dale Durrett, VP Partnerships Bombora
If you’re inspired by these perspectives on leadership today, stay tuned…there’s more to come! And if you are interested in crafting your own contribution, please email me at janis@issg.net