News Story: CBS Think Tank Explores Evolving Skills and Strategies for 21st-Century Leaders

Copenhagen, September 19, 2024. Christian Huber took centre stage at CBS Leadership Centre’s event, “Leadership for the Future”, where he facilitated an engaging session, helping to launch CBS's Leadership Think Tank Report 2024. The report reflects on a year of intensive discussion among top leaders and academics about leadership in today's increasingly complex, fast-paced, and uncertain world.

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The event, held at CBS, brought together a diverse set of leaders and thinkers to explore a new leadership vocabulary for the 21st century. The think tank proposed skill sets need from future leaders, including "Orchestrating Speed and Rhythm," "Sustaining Moral Compass," "Enabling the Organisation," and "Bridging Diversities,". Together, they mark a significant shift in how leadership will be approached going forward.
During the event, Huber facilitated a panel on leadership’s evolving role in bridging diversities in their organization’s environment. He emphasized the importance of balancing speed with careful orchestration and maintaining moral integrity while leading. "Leaders today are under tremendous pressure to perform, but what’s even more crucial is to lead with a moral compass and engage deeply with stakeholders," Huber said, reflecting on the insights shared during the day’s discussions.
The newly launched report underlines the need for leaders to be agile, resilient, and collaborative. Some of the key takeaways include:

  • The newly launched report underlines the need for leaders to be agile, resilient, and collaborative. Some of the key takeaways include: The importance of standing by moral values, while recognizing that identifying these values requires a collaborative approach across employees, leadership, and stakeholders.
  • The necessity for leaders to balance operational speed with thoughtful, long-term transformation of their organizations.
  • A growing acknowledgment that leaders do not need to have all the answers and should embrace vulnerability and collaboration.
  • The power of storytelling and vision-building as opposed to dictating directions.

Christian Huber, alongside leaders from the private and public sectors at the event, stressed that leadership today is about creating space for reflection and understanding the "hotlines and not-lines" within an organization. With mental resilience, a strong sense of purpose, and the ability to navigate multi-stakeholder environments, leaders can sustain organizational well-being and maintain a rhythm of renewal. However, as Christian Huber pointed out, "Leading in an ecosystem of organizations challenges leaders to know the ecosystems around their organization and reflect on their own perspective."
As the CBS Leadership Think Tank report takes hold, it promises to reshape leadership across industries, offering a new framework for navigating the complex, interconnected world in which modern leaders operate. The event served as both a celebration of the report’s launch and a vital conversation starter for the future of leadership research and practice.

Further information can be found on the CBS leadership centre’s website, including an expert interview with Christian Huber: https://www.cbs.dk/en/cbs-impact/areas/cbs-leadership-centre/cbs-leadership-think-tank/expert-interviews

 

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