What does leadership training actually mean and how come so few people actually get it? It turns out organizations have been approaching leadership training all wrong. Here’s why everyone needs it!
In most companies you start off working as an employee, after you have proven your worth or if you have stayed at the company for a long time, then you are granted the keys to the mythical world of “leadership training.” It’s here where you actually learn to…lead.
When is the right time to start training future leaders?
If you’re asking the question, it’s probably too late.
By 2030 we are going to have around 220 million leaders around the world, these are people who are responsible for the lives of others.
Liz Wiseman is a New York Times bestselling author of three books, including Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. She has been listed on the Thinkers50 ranking and in 2019 she was recognized as the top leadership thinker in the world. She is a researcher, an executive advisor, and the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm. Some of her recent clients include Apple, Disney, Tesla, Facebook, and Twitter.
The current COVID-19 epidemic we are all experiencing is forcing organizations around the world to challenge their conventional ideas around work. In this article, I specifically want to take a look at how the “employee” is evolving.
Leaders especially are constantly running around trying to “put out fires.” But, what if there was a way to stop the fires from happening to begin with? That is the premise of Dan Heath’s new book: Upstream: The Quest to Solve Problems Before They Happen. Dan is the best-selling author of six books five of which he wrote with his brother Chip Heath (who I had on my podcast a little while ago). These books include classics such as: Made to Stick, Switch, and The Power of Moments.
These are the six trends 140 CEOs identify that will play a major role in shaping future leaders over the next decade and beyond. It’s true that we are seeing these in action today but over the next ten years, they will be front and center.