Building a business for yourself is hard enough.
But add the stress and uncertainty of a global pandemic, and things go to the next level.
Now is actually a great time to be an entrepreneur because it puts you in control of your success and allows you to build your own job security.
How we work today is drastically different than it was even just a few years ago. Even before things like COVID-19 and Black Lives Matter, work has been undergoing a dramatic shift.
From a high level, there are 3 main areas to pay attention to.
What’s the single best thing you can do for your career?
Build your personal brand.
It doesn’t matter if you work for someone else or for yourself. Your personal brand is what you stand for, how people perceive you, and what you’re known for. It can make the difference between getting career opportunities and staying stagnant.
Ask any employee around the world, and they’ll likely tell you that company culture plays a major role in their overall experience.
But what makes a strong and effective culture? Who leads the charge?
In most cases, leaders set the tone for their organizations. As culture becomes more of a defining quality in attracting and retaining top talent, future leaders will play an even more vital role in establishing culture.
Over the past few months I’ve been working with Pega (paid client) who recently put out The Future of Work Report which is based on a survey of over 3,000 senior managers and frontline IT staff. The findings were quite interesting.
Now is a time of transition and reinvention for many people around the world. Perhaps one of the biggest shifts happening is a move from full-time employment to entrepreneurship. Lots of employees have lost their jobs and are now considering if they even want to
I had the chance to interview Candido for my book, The Future Leader. Throughout his career, he has worked with leaders and future leaders around the world. Candido has a reputation of being a tough but compassionate leader, which is something he expressed future leaders would need to emulate. According to Candido, here are three of the skills and mindsets future leaders must develop in order to succeed.
COVID-19 has forced most of us to work virtually and while there are of course plenty of benefits to this, there are also many challenges. Especially when we think about leadership. Leaders not only set the direction of the organization but they also have to inspire, motivate, and engage their people. Doing this in person isn’t easy, but doing this virtually when you can’t even see your workforce face to face is even more challenging!
During the course of his career he flew 74 successful combat missions over North Vietnam.
Charlie was 5 days away from the end of his tour when he took off on his 75th mission…it didn’t go as planned.
Like the complicated game of chess, leadership has numerous moving parts and potential outcomes. To avoid getting checkmated, leaders need to stay aware and informed, listen, and work with technology. With the right strategy, future leaders can have a victorious outcome.
