Question

Identify leadership topics Prior to the meeting, you will also be required to identify potential topics for the leadership conference by reviewing and analysing information from the report Global Human Capital Trends 2017 at: https://www2.deloitte.com/au/en/pages/human-capital/articles/global-human-capital-trends2017.html

Based on your interpretation of the information in the report, identify at least two ideas for leadership topics. You should make notes (handwritten or typed) to speak from at the meeting for two proposed conference topics and that include:  Proposed conference topic title  Summary of the content to be discussed.

When speaking about your ideas at the meeting, as a guide you will speak for 1 to 2 minutes on each topic. Use the following example to guide you in developing your ideas and making notes (this example has not been taken from the above report, it is an example only to help you write down your ideas).

Mindful Leadership: Becoming a Mindful Leader by the Application of Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) Principles. ACT is an evidence-based approach that has been applied to clinical and organisational settings. When used as a leadership model, the application of ACT principles can assist managers in increasing work performance and innovation while reducing work stress and work errors. The presentation will introduce basic ACT principles and provide an introduction to the qualities of being and acting as a mindful leader and person. Such qualities include empathy and selfcompassion. This will be a practical session with the focus on teaching and applying mindfulness techniques at work.

During the meeting, you need to be able to demonstrate that you can identify and interpret information from complex texts. That is, that you can identify two topics based on the information in the report, and then summarise the information in your notes for discussion at the meeting. The example above provides an indication of the level of response required.

Answer 1

Identification of leadership topics

Topic 1: Digital leadership: Promoting transformations within a leader to achieve business goals

In this digital business era, a leader must be able to accept digitalization of process and change techniques of leadership accordingly. Digital leaders are a form of transformational leaders and they must be capable of thinking, acting and reaction in different manner. Cognitive transformation is required for making a business digital by a digital leader (Deloitte.com, 2019). On the other hand, behavioral transformation of a leader refers to the ability of that person to act differently. Finally, the emotional transformation of a leader helps to react in different manner. Focusing on this leadership approach, a company can mitigate new age challenges and it can help in being competitive by nature.

Topic 2: Collective leadership: working collaboratively to survive in this digital era

Collective leadership style allows leaders to work in a group to achieve a single goal of the concerned business. Business competition is increasing day by day in every sector and people are putting their best effort to cope up with challenges of this digital business era. At this point, a single leader cannot make appropriate decisions and perform accordingly. Working collaboratively with a team may help leaders to perform better. Subordinates must be considered as effective team members and a collective leader need to value opinions of each of the team members. A group of people can deal with adaptive changes of twenty first century better than a single leader. A collective leader is appropriate for present business era.