7 THE QUALITIES OF TOMORROW’S TOP LEADERS Successful Leadership In A New Era Andreas von der Heydt Tomorrow´s leaders will more than ever before - live, work, and compete in a highly fluid, disruptive, and sensitive world And tomorrow has already started! To succeed and to live a fulfilled professional and personal life, this breed of leaders possess very unique skills, characteristics, and values – distinctive qualities! Andreas von der Heydt Senior Executive, Marketing Expert, Leadership & Executive Coach, LinkedIn Influencer, Author, Speaker Quality #1 INSPIRE! Tomorrow´s top leaders truly think bold and big They challenge themselves and their teams to live their dreams They trust in their skills and capabilities, search for the big picture, and enjoy looking beyond it © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders They think, feel, behave, and act positively They surround themselves with like-minded believers, positive shapers, and creative makers They have understood that you are what you eat, i.e you are affected by the company you keep © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders They use the power of questioning (e.g tons of Why and Why Not questions) to overcome fear of failure, bringing more alteration to their lives, and helping to uncover what one really wants to with their life to assist in triggering improvements and innovations © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders Although these leaders also analyze mistakes and failures of the past, they are much more focused on developing future visions by thinking outside of the box And afterwards, they spend a lot of time explaining their visions to their teams to get their buy-in and support © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders Quality #2 LEAD & EXECUTE! Tomorrow´s top leaders avoid what quite often causes today´s experienced and successful business leaders to arrive at utterly wrong conclusions, since the latter lack comprehension of how to live by two of today's most relevant business and leadership principles First, they are not VUCA leaders Second, they have not been able to grasp the concept of DyBoPe leadership These are two crucial concepts for future leaders © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders They are both effective and efficient by aiming at doing the right things in the right way They are not driven by short-term results, instead they are completely customer-centric following a long-term perspective They strongly believe in the art of execution and know how hard and painful it can be to have things seamlessly implemented © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders No doubt, top leaders of the future have something else in common which is of paramount importance to their success – a relentless and passionate focus on talent They are very intentional and uncompromising about this They have created highperforming organizations consisting of exceptional talents Tomorrow´s top leaders are what I coin HPCDA persons Individuals who possess a happy, positive, cando-attitude © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders Quality #6 IMPROVE & INNOVATE! Tomorrow´s top leaders are datadriven, processfocused, and permanently in a disruptive mindset © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders First and foremost, they are paranoid about the fact that speed matters more than ever in a quickly changing world Although it´s not a new finding that market leading companies need to be fast and agile, they have found ways to realize the concept of speed They have implemented very powerful techniques such as Only meet to make decisions, Leave Politics to politicians, Plus one minus two, Learn from successes, Stop presentation cat walks, etc © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders Secondly, they apply new business metrics Of course, revenue, cost, market shares, profit, etc remain important However, they put them into a new context and link them with a modified weighting and time frame In addition, they will complement them with criteria such as customer engagement, customer excitement, number of disruptive ideas, and the capability to invent new successful business models © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders Thirdly, they know that in hyper-competitive times, competition is not just on brand and technological innovation, but also – and foremost – on the business model Disruption is king for them on purpose, and even if it were to mean being a self-disruptor! They have the ability and willingness to envisage where their customers, industry, and adjacent industries might evolve to in five to ten years © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders Quality #7 CARE! Tomorrow´s top leaders want to support others, to give, to make an impact, and to good They care about the well-being of their employees and about broader environmental and social topics They are aware of the fact that you have to give before you receive They have integrated values like gratitude and appreciation into their lives and linked them with positive and people-focused thinking and acting to achieve a fulfilled life © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders They show a strong interpersonal, day-to-day ability to genuinely and graciously thank other people for what they Unfortunately, it´s a behavior that´s too often forgotten in the heat of the battle Moreover, outstanding future leaders avoid the common tendency of managers to focus on the shortfalls and misses © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders Instead they posses the beautiful quality to identify moments of achievement and greatness and to put a spotlight on them That gives confidence and strength to the teams and often generates innovation and unlocks tremendous organization-wide value © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders Clare W Graves – the great explorer of human nature and the father of the famous Gravesian theory – calls them Gold Thinkers © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders They are people and leaders who not seek social approval, personal advantage or a sense of absolute truth More than anything else they seek opportunities to contribute Their faith in life is such that, even when they screw up, they always come away with a valuable lesson Tomorrow´s top leaders are also great supporters of cause management, i.e integrating social issues into their core strategy © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders TO SUM UP The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders are Inspire Lead & Execute Care Explore Improve & Innovate Develop Grow © Andreas von der Heydt – The Qualities of Tomorrow’s Top Leaders Get the full insights in my book eBook Paperback USA USA UK UK Germany Germany Spain Spain Italy Italy France France Japan Japan Canada Canada India India Australia Let’s stay in touch avonderheydt@ consumergoodsclub.com linkedin.com/in/avonderheydt Andreas von der Heydt Senior Executive, Marketing Expert, Leadership & Executive Coach, LinkedIn Influencer, Author, Speaker facebook.com/ConsumerGoodsClub twitter.com/ConsumGoodsClub ... 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