The Institute of Inspired Leadership provides leadership coaching, career mentoring, and consulting services to clients in 66 countries across all generational ages. A trend that is emerging for younger clients is that they are increasingly inquiring as to how to evolve their career paths through expanding their natural talents and performing work that aligns with their personal operating system of principles and values.
This younger generation informs us that they feel more committed and productive in the workplace when they have assurance from their managers and employers that their overall wellbeing is a priority.
“We are noticing a global confluence of changes in our clients’ definitions of their aspirations, personally and professionally,” said Kevin Asbjörnson, M.I.M., Founder & Managing Director of The Institute of Inspired Leadership. “Our global client conversations increasingly reflect an evolving change in how our clients are seeking to redefine their life, career, and well-being.”
The latest workplace data—such as this recent Gallup research—validates this need for alignment and in fact, informs us that employee well-being is essential to workplace productivity. The question then becomes: How does global leadership in the 21st century adopt a paradigm shift from the increasingly outdated, ineffective leadership paradigm of the 20th century?
It starts with recognizing the need for a shift in organizational inspired leadership—which recognizes the eminent need for a human-centric model of engaging and preparing employees, managers, leaders for our modern world of life, work and career.
“Inspired leadership is, quite simply, a practice which embraces our delicate co-existence as responsible, accountable, and mutually respectful global citizens and fortifies our abilities to work together for the advancement of all,” said Asbjörnson.
The centerpiece of Inspired Leadership™ is a human-centric leadership model called Future Talent/Future Leader 4.0; A Human-Centric Model Preparing People for the New World of Life, Career & Well-Being. Future Talent / Future Leader 4.0 transforms and upskills workers in the global workforce to prepare them for the Industrial Internet of Things (IIoT) and the Industry 4.0 evolution. Our approach enables our clients to benchmark themselves against global normative databases for talent and evolve a customized Future Talent/Future Leader 4.0 Development Plan (learn more here).
From another generational perspective, InspireImagineInnovate’s middle-aged clients approaching or planning for the traditional age of retirement are increasingly making the decision to stay in the workforce in some capacity. This results in their reconsideration of how they can be more encouraging to their younger peers and emerging leaders within their organization while continuing to make an important contribution themselves—while simultaneously planning more effectively for the emotional and psychological components of their retirement.
In fact, according to data from the U.S.A. Bureau of Labor Statistics, the U.S. labor force made up of people aged 75 years and older is expected to grow by 96.5% by 2030, resulting in a significant increase in the population recognized as ‘semi-retired.’
All of this suggests that the evolution to a more cohesive integration of employee wellbeing into workplace models is a trend that will not only stay—but increase in the coming years. Research from the World Health Organization (WHO) reminds us: “Well-being encompasses quality of life and the ability of people and societies to contribute to the world with a sense of meaning and purpose.”
Since our primary objective at the Institute of Inspired Leadership™ is to encourage and coach our clients toward reaching their highest aspirations, we ourselves are guided by the premise of the World Health Organization (WHO) with respect to the impact of mental health on well-being—defined as: “A state of well-being in which the individual realizes his or her own abilities, can cope with the normal stresses of life, can work productively and fruitfully and is able to contribute to his or her community. It is a crucial element of health and well-being that supports both our individual and group capacity to decide, form connections, and influence the world we live in.”
According to Jill Farrand, VP of Communications with The Institute of Inspired Leadership: “Never before has it been more important to design inclusive workplaces that leverage the strengths of multi-generational talent to increase productivity and reach collaborative goals. The coming decades will reveal which companies have intentionally built this collaborative design into their staffing approach and which have defaulted to the path of least resistance—lessening their competitive edge.” [Read more on bridging generational divides in the workplace, here.]
The Institute of Inspired Leadership is committed to the development and advancement of Inspired Leadership as a distinct mindset, practice, and discipline within the field of leadership development.
The first step and foundation in developing your customized journey towards inspired leadership begins with a read of our complimentary article, The Eight Keys to Inspired Leadership®.
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