Leadership Imperatives in a Time of Crisis

A wave of new research suggests that leadership behaviors and competencies are the critical factor for building organizational trust. In this fourth edition of the Future Fluency Brief, we explore two new and important leadership competencies that can facilitate workplace trust: 1) Restoring people to the center of the organization, and 2) Embracing a corporate culture that questions instead of dictates. We pay particular attention to the work of Dr. Robert V. Quinn and Dr. Anjan Thakor – as presented in their book, The Economics of Higher Purpose: Eight Counterintuitive Steps for Creating a Purpose-Driven Organization.