De-Bossification

This shift has been driven by changing demographics the spread of technology the rise of unbundled and distributed work new behavior expectations and a redefinition of what quotworkquot is including the rise of fractionalized and freeagent talent who work for themselves or at multiple jobs and are expected to comprise most of the work force in the US by the end of the decade For more about these changes please see How to Thrive in the Modern Workspace and The Transformed Talent TerrainThe new leaderModern leadership is about zone of influence versus zone of control People follow people and not titles Leadership is a role and not a job title It is a way of being infused with a passion for excellence and a quest for middletolongterm multistakeholder growth company community employee leader versus a focus on the short term and emphasizing only investorsownersMost importantly it is about the continuous feedback and learning of a growth mindsetWhy the old model is collapsingOnce upon a time a manager controlled the flow of information and access to opportunities and was a font of expertise and craft Today the halflife of knowledge is growing shorter and shorter and the way of quotthis is the way things were donequot is often the opposite of what needs to be done as new competitors and customer expectations do not care a fig about the way it was or isTalent can find information opportunity and knowledge at a click of a mouse or the pinch of a finger and often are working at the other side of the world making monitoring controlling and overseeing difficult The future does not fit in the containers or the mindsets of the past Many bosses are like sailors navigating their ships by looking at the mirage of a star that has long setEvery year fewer and fewer people care about the dues paid or the way it was or what was done Experience that matters is the ability to practice at the state of art be at the top of one39s craft have the ability use previous learnings to find patterns connect dots in new ways and distill insightsTransforming from bossmanager to leadercoach is possible for those wishing to tryAs times change the best managers adapt and learn and flex into new shapes and learn new skills Just because someone has bossy traits and was forged in a different era does not mean they cannot reinvent and rewire their skills if they want toThis transformation requires three conditionsFirst it requires today39s bosses to accept that to grow and remain relevant they will have to change and while it may be difficult it is better than becoming irrelevant It also requires their leaders to ensure that new incentive systems that are more about zone of influence growth of craft and people versus zone of control of budgets and team size are put into placeA new way requires new payAnd there is an urgent need for coaching and training and patience to help today39s managers become tomorrow39s leaders A personal hunger supported by new incentives and buttressed with training including the opportunity to selflearn is the formula Talent is short and it is a mistake to believe that seasoned employees cannot grow into new potentialNew brooms sweep clean but old brooms know the cornersHow one can quotDeBossifyquot oneselfEvery human has the potential to grow and change since in many ways growth and change is what life is aboutHere39s a threestep programMake time to learn To do so requires us to listen to the voices of discontent and concern in our own head that we may be understanding less or lacking skills we need and instead of suppressing these or beginning to be buzzword bingo players spewing the latest in management or tech lingo to wallpaper a lack of understanding we need to go back to schoolToday because of global shifts demographic changes advances and technology and the shock of COVID19 everybody needs to be schooled and no one is alone Knowledge and skills must be learned and are not immaculately gainedChallenge one39s thinking by seeing things from outside usWhether it is getting feedback from others or building a case for the exact opposite way of doing and thinking from the way we currently practice it is important to stretch oneself and look at things from a different vantage pointGaining new perspectives via provocations and new point of views can be thrilling and not just chillingDoBuildCreatePractice Modern leadership is being able to guide through experience If one wants to learn about the Future of the Internet reading a book on the Metaverse and appointing and delegating to a Chief Metaverse Officer is not enough One needs to don a VR headset mint an NFT get a Metamask or other wallet trade on a Defi platform etcWe all must be apprentices now if we wish to grow up to be or remain the Magic SorcererMay the force of deBossification be with usClick the social buttons to share this content with your friends and colleaguesThe opinions and points of view expressed in this content are exclusively the views of the 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