Challenges faced by leaders in contemporary context

Developing Managerial Skills: Leading and managing are different. Leaders are charged with
being the visionary but responsible for developing managerial skills. Vision provides a glimpse
of the future. But to get that destination, a bit of housekeeping is needed. And, that is what
good leaders do, they run the day-to-day activities that help the vision becoming reality.

Developing Employees: The growth of employees directly impacts the potential success of
the organisation. Leaders have obligation and duty to improve the skills and knowledge of
every employee. Doing this brings greater employee satisfaction, a greater potential for
promotions and opportunity to help the Organization grow. Leaders should recruit someone
that can eventually take their place. Helping them grow greater satisfaction with their career.
It’s what great leaders do.

Managing Change: Life is about change. It’s over present and impacts how the organization
functions. Leaders must anticipate change. They must manage through change, they must guide
the organization to greater success or to better overcome adversity. The universe does not
remain constant. It’s the same with the organization: learn how to cope with change and use it
to as advantage.

Being a source of Inspiration: To be a leader, one must have followers. Gaining

‘followership’ starts with the ability to convince (inspire) someone to follow you. They must
believe in your plans, sense the values leader brings to the organization and willing to help
make the plans as ‘reality’. Leaders need both to keeping momentum going.

Globalization: The modern leader required to motivate the followers in such a way that they
work in enthusiastic manner to face the changing effects of globalization. The leadership style
should also be flexible to cope up the challenges in 21st century. The organization should recruit
skilled employees and also training should be provided to the working employees for facing
the competitive challenges.

Technology: The challenge for leadership is to develop new technologies in ways that not only
yield fresh efficiencies, but also to amplify human creativity, ingenuity and judgement.
Leadership with technology will greatly increase leaders ability to meet that challenge and so
achieve real future prosperity.

Developing Teams: When leaders train the employees on teamwork, they should look to their
team to pull the wagon of success forward. The energy of great teams makes a powerful
contribution. When employees work together, more can be accomplished. When the leader
managed, trained and used quality teams their contribution saved thousand and produced
happier employees. It’s a move everyone come out a winner.