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What Is 21st Century Leadership?

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compass-blue-i-stock-600pxEvery day we experience changes in how people live and work, how they lead and manage and communicate.

It’s not self-regarding for current generations to recognize that some of the results are novel, even unprecedented.

Tom Friedman, in a stimulating op-ed, “One Country, Two Revolutions,” points to the historic social changes unleashed by Information Age technology. He acknowledges ongoing evolution in leadership, management, and communications.

Serve to Lead argues that fundamental change in leadership dynamics is well underway. Now, in our time of astonishing potential for individual empowerment, Everyone Can Lead–Because–Everyone Can Serve.

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25 Essential 21st Century Leadership Skills

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Serve to Lead is a practical manual–a Baedeker guide–for navigating the new world of 21st century leadership.

There’s much that’s new and different about leadership, management, and communication in the digital age.

There’s also significant continuity with earlier times.

One might say: the principles endure, the applications change.

What’s old and what’s new are both seen in the following list of 21st century leadership skills (one might as well have said 21st century leadership traits, but the term skills better conveys that leadership comprises capacities that can be learned, refined, cultivated, improved… and constantly updated to serve more effectively).

The list that follows attempts to capture enduring leadership lessons within the unique, fast-moving circumstances of the early 21st century.

Please share your views and share with others. Like everything today, it’s a work in progress, made better by collaborative input.

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21st Century Leaders List

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Malala Yousafzai. UK Department for International Development [CC 2.0] via Wikimedia Commons.

Who are the 21st century leaders?

Where can we find them?

The premise–stated or unstated–is that there’s a leadership gap today.

Who can argue against the spectacular failures of leadership in large institutions? They range from the White House and Congress (whether in the hands of the Democrats or Republicans); to Wall Street and back around to Main Street; in the public, private and not-for-profit sectors (including religious institutions); around the world.

It’s easy–perhaps too easy–to find reason for disappointment.  And yet… there is also reason for optimism.

It’s often said that these are among the worst of times for leadership… it’s also, arguably, the best of times.

This list is updated quarterly. Please send your suggestions of other inspiring 21st century leaders.

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James Strock

James Strock

Serve to Lead | The Four Questions

Who Are You Serving?
How Can You Best Serve?
Are You Making Your Unique Contribution?
Are You Improving Every Day?

Benjamin Franklin

Morning: "What good shall I do this day?"
Evening: "What good have I done today?"

Charles De Gaulle

"History does not teach fatalism. There are moments when the will of a handful of free men breaks through determinism and opens up new roads. People get the history they deserve."

Theodore Roosevelt

"Do the best you can, with what you have, where you are."