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Essential leadership skills in VUCA world

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Essential leadership skills in VUCA world

In the present complex times, corporates have adopted a term ‘VUCA’, which defines the conditions in which they function today.  In order to survive and thrive in these VUCA times, we not only require agile organizations but also require agile leaders.  

Faridun Dotiwala , Master Expert , partner , Lead Human Capital Practice , Asia at McKinsey & Company explains about certain specific skills-sets required by future leaders in order to lead and succeed. Along with this, he talks about four paradoxes that organizations need to deal with in order to evolve in the age of disruption. 

The word disruption describes the transformation happening at rapid scale. Today, organizations need to be prepared to tackle cultural and technological shifts. More so, they need to deal with paradoxes to evolve successfully.