The New Leadership

In the ten years century, managers looking to get ahead will need a completely different set of skills. Product, Markets, Customer, and Technology are changing fast, and corporations will need managers that can handle uncertainty. These leaders will also need the ability to work as part of a team, have concerns for the needs of employees and also have a sense of humor.
In order to survive, company have to establish an in creasing number of partnerships with distributors and their most important customers. Leaders will have to rely more then ever on their staff to act independently to maintain these relarionships. As a result, they will also need to build a different kind of relationship with the people who work for them.
In addition skilled employees will be more in demand, so they will be freer to come and go as they please. Managers will have to make more of an effort to attractive new talent and have listening skills and desire to help people could well become important qualities in a successful manager.