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by Peter Tarhanidis, PhD
Pressing into 2021, all of us must consider the skills we each need to lead through the current COVID crisis—and into the future. We all witnessed this pandemic’s damage across our businesses. And in response, many organizations have changed their ambitions and goals.
According to McKinsey, this new era of uncertainty has prompted CEOs to shift their leadership in four ways:
- Making bold moves and aspiring to greater heights, redirecting resource capacity gained from working remotely toward these initiatives.
- Taking notice of—and recalibrating—how they and their leaders “show up” and engage staff.
- Shifting the main tenet of an organization’s purpose from the primacy of the shareholder to stakeholder capitalism.
- Leaning into the power of peer networks.
While the executives at the top of an organization’s hierarchy quickly shift their mindsets, will leaders across the org chart keep up with business demands?
Here are four ways to be a more effective project leader in the future:
- Build trust. Ensure your organizational culture leverages behaviors that motivate your colleagues and teams. Lead by example—show you can trust your team by letting junior staff members deliver a presentation to senior leadership, for example.
- Support career and talent development opportunities. Adopt new technologies that leverage the future workforce of humans and machines. Allow team members to explore the feasibility of new ideas and the implementation of artificial intelligence initiatives.
- Learn to lead through complexity and ambiguity and bring others along in that journey as many continue to work remotely. Set a specific time of the day or week when you can be contacted to create the “virtual open door” policy
- Lead through influencing abilities to more quickly respond to changing business needs. Use your peers and partners to define accountabilities and consensus on activities that can clarify one’s role to empower action.
What are you doing to be a more effective leader in the future?
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Luis Branco
CEO| Business Insight, Consultores de Gestão, Ldª
Carcavelos, Lisboa, Portugal
Dear Peter
Very interesting the theme that brought to our reflection and debate
Thank you for sharing the four ways to be a more effective project leader in the future
Peter Tarhanidis
Director | President and CEO | Adjunct | Board Member| Johnson & Johnson | Praxis Advisory | Columbia University
Chatham, Nj, United States
Dear Luis,
Thank you very much for your kind words. Good luck in shaping your future!
Regards,
Peter
thank you for a brief, yet insightful blog.
Steve Feldman
Senior Project Manager| SLF Project Solutions
Burlington, Ontario, Canada
Thank you! I read an article a couple of years ago that focused on an interview with Colin Powell, the retired 4 Star General. When Colin Powell was asked what he thought the single most important characteristic of good leadership was? he quickly replied "Trust"! He said you'll know you're a good leader when people follow you and they don't even know why? Thanks again.
Peter Tarhanidis
Director | President and CEO | Adjunct | Board Member| Johnson & Johnson | Praxis Advisory | Columbia University
Chatham, Nj, United States
Hi Tejwansh and Steve,
Thank you for your kind words and for taking the time to leave such a rich response.
Regards,
Peter
Kwiyuh Michael Wepngong
Community Champion
Financial Management Specialist | US Peace Corps
Yaounde, Centre, Cameroon
Dear Peter,
Very thought provoking article here... thanks for sharing this insight with us... I was really impressed with "Building Trust"
Emily Reese
Director, Manufacturing Network Strategy| Abbott Nutrition
New Albany, Oh, United States
This was a great post - very relevant as I focus on my Career Development Plan in early 2021!
Peter Tarhanidis
Director | President and CEO | Adjunct | Board Member| Johnson & Johnson | Praxis Advisory | Columbia University
Chatham, Nj, United States
Dear Kwiyuh and Emily,
Thank you for reading the post and sharing your comments. I am glad you found something that you can use from the post. And I agree it is a great time to consider your development plan for the year!
Good luck!
Peter
Manuel Ancizu
Program Manager Wind Energy| Siemens Gamesa Renewable Energy
Pamplona, Navarra, Spain
Leadership is all about people, we can all be leaders although we don't hold a specific company title. Leading people is also a matter of practice, conversations, agreements, vision,... learning by doing.
Peter Tarhanidis
Director | President and CEO | Adjunct | Board Member| Johnson & Johnson | Praxis Advisory | Columbia University
Chatham, Nj, United States
Hi Manuel,
Thank you for your comments. I appreciate your point of view and agree. Leadership is the process by which a leader influences his followers. There are many styles across Autocratic, Democratic, and Laissez-Faire that a leader can practice and apply.
Best Regards,
Peter
Stephen Robin
Project Analyst Trainee| Ministry of Works and Transport
Arima, Ari, Trinidad and Tobago
Great post. Thanks for sharing.
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