If 2020 has taught us anything, it’s that leadership in today’s world requires a wide range of soft skills.
Employees don’t want to work for inauthentic founders, executives, or managers. Team members don’t feel empowered when working with people who don’t have a reasonable level of emotional intelligence. Partners, vendors, and clients don’t want to be associated with companies that aren’t transparent about the way they do business–and the masses don’t want to support companies whose actions don’t align with their mission statements.
Being an effective leader today, and especially while navigating our “new normal,” is about honesty, plain and simple.
