Leadership of the Future: Everything Different or Same Old Same Old?

Abstract

The future of leadership is the ability to bring order into a system of constant disorder . (Daniela Eberhardt) Talking about the future makes you curious. Gathering ideas from leadership experts gives the impression of knowing exactly what's coming up next. A number of pub-lications, speeches and notes are available about future megatrends as well as fore-casts. Still, we do not know what the future will hold. While refl ecting on megatrends and their impact on leadership, the future is already taking shape. A number of anticipated events will occur, others won't. The anticipation of future leadership challenges is based on the interviewed experts' wealth of experience, their diverse background in different disciplines and their practice with regard to leadership topics. The purpose of this study was to provide " food for thought " on one's personal professional situation and discover ideas to shape the future of leadership. Based on interviews experienced leaders and leadership experts were interviewed regarding future developments in leadership, future leadership challenges and essential lead-ership skills. 3.2 What Remains? Organizations are part of social and economic systems with a focus on the " bottom line " . Given social and economic developments the issue of " The War for Talent " and highly qualifi ed employees will be of strategic importance. Humans have individual needs, expectations, wishes and competencies. Their experience and behavior affect the success of the company substantially and can be