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What Does Leadership Look Like In

The Future Of Work?

Leadership

I write about and explore the future of work!

Jacob Morgan Contributor

A few months back while I was doing a keynote in Mumbai, I had the pleasure of

meeting Dr. N.S. Rajan. Dr. Rajan is the author of a new book, Quote Me if You Can, as

well as Group Chief Human Resources Officer and a member of the Group Executive

Council of Tata. The Tata group is composed of 100 companies with over 600,000

employees globally. It is one of the largest organizations in the world with companies

offering a broad range of services and commodities. Each company has a body and min

of its own, with Tata being the soul.

As Group CHRO, Dr. Rajan works with the CHRO in every company in the Tata group,

providing critical leadership and spearheading diversity initiatives. He believes in

putting the effort forth to create more effective and better leaders with a concept simila

to servant-based leadership. While managers focus on the task to be completed, the

process to complete it, and supervising a set of people to get there, the leaders role is

more ambiguous. They must envision, set new directions, and inspire and value their

team. To be a leader, it is absolutely essential to listen to people and understand their

needs.

Leaders at Tata follow a parenting model. They aren’t intrusive but rather lend a helpin

hand in a positive way. Leaders have to learn to exercise power prudently, and to

combine passion and compassion. Leadership is evolving due to the changes of the

world, such as downturns in economy and technological advances. Organizations must

continue to adhere to their values as leadership evolves -- considering ethics when

promoting or creating leaders, as well as experience and competence.

Today In: Leadership

What you will learn in this episode:

• How leadership is changing

• The role of leaders

• How millennial leaders are different

• Diversity in leadership

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• Important skills and qualities of a good leader

• Trends shaping the future of leadership

• How leadership has changed over the past few years

• Shared vision

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