Kathy Levinson earned a BA from Stanford University and subsequently completed the Professional Management Development (PMD) executive MBA program at Harvard Business School. She currently serves as an advisory board member of Illuminate Ventures.. The firm targets lean startups operating in the high-tech landscape. A strategic advisor and philanthropist, Kathy Levinson has a particular interest in leadership development.
Today, organizations are operating in a fiercely competitive environment. To be relevant in such a fast-changing global business milieu, leaders have to change with the times.
Companies are evolving beyond having all-knowing and all-seeing executives. Organizations are increasingly shifting towards “flatter” structures, with leadership that thrives in a cross-functional, collaborative environment.
As organizations become more complicated and the business environment more global, digital and interconnected, it is apparent that leadership is needed at all levels in an organization. Developing leadership skills at all levels in an organization is now recognized as a necessary strategy for growth and business success. Leadership development for employees at all levels in a company is not only a growing, practice, but can help organizations become more nimble, responsive and adaptable to change.
Data from the Pew Research Center shows that in the US workforce, millennials are holding nearly 35 percent of managerial-level roles. Professionals in leadership development must now tailor programs to meet the needs of this group of new managers and, more importantly, offer more flexible, online-based training. The Upwork Future Workforce Report shows that, compared to previous generations, millennial managers place more value on growth experiences and learning.
Today, organizations are operating in a fiercely competitive environment. To be relevant in such a fast-changing global business milieu, leaders have to change with the times.
Companies are evolving beyond having all-knowing and all-seeing executives. Organizations are increasingly shifting towards “flatter” structures, with leadership that thrives in a cross-functional, collaborative environment.
As organizations become more complicated and the business environment more global, digital and interconnected, it is apparent that leadership is needed at all levels in an organization. Developing leadership skills at all levels in an organization is now recognized as a necessary strategy for growth and business success. Leadership development for employees at all levels in a company is not only a growing, practice, but can help organizations become more nimble, responsive and adaptable to change.
Data from the Pew Research Center shows that in the US workforce, millennials are holding nearly 35 percent of managerial-level roles. Professionals in leadership development must now tailor programs to meet the needs of this group of new managers and, more importantly, offer more flexible, online-based training. The Upwork Future Workforce Report shows that, compared to previous generations, millennial managers place more value on growth experiences and learning.
