How to Create 21st Century Leaders

Last month I wrote about what the entrepreneur actually needs to have in his ‘toolkit’ to be able to succeed, which provoked some debate within my own household about whether these were skills that were necessary only now in the 21st Century, or whether they had always been a requirement of any good entrepreneur. The debate, like many others, continued in this vein for some time and no real conclusion was reached, except that an entrepreneur is also a leader (whether this is in their own organisation or in someone else) and that the qualities and attributes they needed were often synonymous with those that a great leader needs.  Once again though I wondered whether these skills and qualities were ones that are needed because of the hyper-connected world we now live in, or have they always been a requirement?  I decided to take the debate to a broader audience and several things became apparent through the discussions taking place. Many suggested that honesty, accountability, integrity, vision, commitment, empathy, courage, trustworthiness and self-control were all key components that make up the necessary quality of a really great leader. Some of these are similar to those I was writing about last week. A regular comment was that a leader is not born, they can be created and we can all aspire to be a leader in the 21st Century, but from the general comments, the most important qualities seemed to be accountability and the ability to accept responsibility for our actions...
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