Leadership Disruption: Time to Reimagine Leadership Talent
Rapid changes in the global orbit, whether these are demographics, politics, pandemics or even technology shifts, all have considerable implications for leaders. The current world context is disrupting leadership practices because they are no longer meeting the needs of organizations and are forcing the reimagining of the talent needed to lead in this volatile era.
 Disruption: The global turmoil, whether it is a pandemic of galactic size, a political upheaval, an economic crisis, or even a seismic shift in the technology, disruption is shifting the role of leadership as we know it. To reimagine how to lead in the disruptive landscape, there are four actions needed to incorporate into organizational conversations: reality, relevancy, rethinking, and reimagining. The shadow side of not paying attention to those four objectives causes leaders to fruitlessly waste time and money by focusing on superficial skills and abilities. Conclusion: “In characterizing an era with a specific label, one runs the risk of making a claim that cannot be substantiated. And yet, the leadership disruption label fits clearly in the 21st century as the global planet seems to be under a strong magnetic force of uncertainty and chaos. Leading through disruption presents a unique set of opportunities and challenges for leaders to not only reinvent themselves but to reimagine their organizations. Leaders will need a distinct set of skills to lead successfully through the disruption: act decisively, never panic, communicate clear directions to the teams, solve problems creatively, and achieve the results to be the most thorough transformation [4]. Adding to the label disruptive leadership, Palus and Horth [19] contend that the words volatile, multidimensional, and unprecedented are key descriptors when leading through challenges.