The future of Leadership and Management

The future of Leadership and Management

Deborah Ancona (2009) has a modern outlook regarding the theory of successful management. She considers the expansion of the world’s communication methods mean that leaders are now working in multi-cultural environments across borders which are introducing different views.

She states there are four capabilities required for success which all rely on communication.

• Sense making – understanding the world and sharing this understanding.
• Relating – communicating constantly.
• Visioning – communicating future opportunities.
• Inventing – Invents new processes and enables followers to move forward.

Managers and leaders need to be able to cope with changes such as technology, demographical changes, economic changes, and competition and regulation changes. The future cannot always be predicted and can be helped by the use of theories and models. Historically changes have been gradual evolutional changes.  Leaders need to be adaptable and accepting changes that may happen very quickly, these increasingly fast moving changes affect leaders, managers and followers.