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14- Leadership for the 21 st

Century (Continued)

Instead, what is needed in the current times is that leaders must not only
be transformative but also practice value-based leadership that gives
importance to ethics and humanitarian principles.

As the various articles on corporate social responsibility discussed, we can
navigate this century only if we cooperate along with compete and only if
we share along with earn.

Hence, the solution to the crisis facing humanity is clear: we are all in the
same boat and hence we sink or swim together. This is the place where
leaders can display their leadership skills and ensure that they lead by
example and not rock the boat and instead, teach others to steer it to
safety.

Further, leaders in the 21st century have another vital function i.e.
they have to be the ideal role models for the coming generation and
since anyone who has grown up over the last two decades would testify,
they have been influenced by leaders from all occupations. For instance, it
is common for people in their thirties now to admire and idolize business
leaders like Steve Jobs, Bill Gates, Jack Welch and Elon Musk. In the
same way, the upcoming generation needs to have the current leaders of
the business world as role models and hence a holistic approach that does
not put profits before people all the time, that does not place undue
emphasis on making money as the sole aim, and finally, the transformative
power of business to solve social problems with the leaders taking the
lead, are traits and attributes that are needed from the leaders of the 21st
century.

By: Dr. Hussein Saad Certified Level 5
Leadership and Coach 50
+966 55 119 6445
Email: has@sajillat.com