Today, more than ever, organizations need competent leaders. When the pandemic-led disruptions changed the world of work, leaders had to navigate uncharted waters to survive and thrive. And now with new challenges emerging, leaders should be ready to work under more pressure with resilience and adaptive skills as their hallmarks. As we enter a new year with a long list of lessons learned, HR.com reached out to leaders and top leadership experts to find out what they believe are the key leadership trends for 2022, and what leaders can do to prepare for the changes ahead. Leading with Intention: Leadership in the workplace has often been organic or even accidental. You would encounter people in the office in meetings or in casual interactions and those conversations would often give you the opportunity to lead that person. Now, in a hybrid work environment, those organic and accidental interactions will be fewer and less frequent. In 2022, leaders who bring intention to their interactions with employees will achieve higher levels of success in a hybrid work environment. They understand the need to plan ahead, have a strategy for leadership, and then execute that plan instead of ‘just letting it happen.’ There are a lot of managers and leaders that excelled when everyone was in the office. But are they prepared and equipped to lead a remote and distributed team? Without intentional effort, it will be very hard to do. Those who l…
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