Developing Modern Global Leaders in the Age of Digital Disruption

“Those who fail to adapt will fail to survive,” asserted Michael Fenlon, Chief People Officer of PwC in his kickoff presentation at Future Workplace’s Annual Fall CLO Summit at Infor’s headquarters in New York City on October 11, 2018. And, so the tone was set. It’s an overwhelming time to be an L&D, HR, or talent leader in a VUCA world – Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous. In fact, it’s an overwhelming time to be in the workforce, period.
Five primary themes engaged approximately 125 senior HR, IT, and corporate learning practitioners over the course of the 1 ½ day Summit.
I’d like to give a special shout-out to Kelly Bean, President, and CEO of Darden Executive Education, who presented on ‘Why the Modern Global Leader?’ Kelly led a discussion on the roles that the ‘modern global leader’ needs to play in order to be successful in our increasingly uncertain and incredibly fast-paced business environment. Based on feedback from CLOs, CHROs, business, and line leaders, she and her team are advancing their thinking around the ‘role’ and the mindset of the modern leader vs purely ‘skills’ and ‘competencies.’ She introduced the concept of the ‘Frontier Roles’ (the digital innovator and growth catalyst) and the ‘Leadership Roles’ (the learner, the activist, the collaborator) as is laid out in the presentation below.
A heady, inspiring, and yes, somewhat overwhelming few days in NYC. Thanks, Future Workplace team!
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