In the year 2020 we may not quite achieve “perfect vision.” However, there’s much CEOs and business leaders can do to prepare for the next decade. We’ve spent the year tracking fascinating emerging trends, by reviewing an array of published research and having conversations with top CEOs and executives. In this episode of The Leadership Beat, our experts Suzanne Bates and Michael Seitchik discuss our “Top 7 Emerging Trends to Track for 2020.”

In this episode, Sarah Woods sits down with Kim Sharan, Fortune 100 Board Director, former C-level financial executive, and consultant to the world's largest global financial services companies. Kim talks with us about the importance of communicating effectively for leaders to create effective teams and how articulating the "why" behind what your doing can enable your team to figure out the "what" and the "how". 

In this episode of The Leadership Beat, we sit down with Gloria Larson, past president of Bentley University. Gloria takes us through her journey in leadership, spanning government, public policy, law, business and higher education. She shares with us what it was like working and leading in government and how that compared to leading in business, how millennials prompted her to make the career switch from legal/ public policy to higher education, and the challenges she faced as the first woman president at Bentley University. She also shares with us her thoughts on the future of leadership and what skill sets/ education the next generation of leaders will need to be successful.  

In this episode, Suzanne Bates sits down with Madge Meyer, a public speaker, award-winning author, and the founder of “Madge Meyer Consulting, LLC”, known for her unique yet practical approach to advancing innovation and leadership throughout entire organizations. Madge shares with us her passion to continually develop and implement new ideas or solutions that create business value and increase competitive advantage. She also talks with us about her 12+ years at State Street and how she took smart risks to create a culture of innovation in a company that was averse to change.

In today’s world of strengthening global competition, leaders must deliver superior social and economic value. In this episode, we sit down with Russ Eisenstat, Executive Director for the Center for Higher Ambition Leadership. Russ shares with us the principles and practices leaders are using to become higher ambition leaders and create an economically strong environment in which their people and firm can thrive and grow.

As most research shows, the vast majority of change efforts fail. So, as a leader, how do you focus on implementing change within your organization? In this episode of The Leadership Beat, Michael Seitchik, Director of Research and Assessment at Bates, sits down with Dr. Greg Shea, President of Shea & Associates, Inc, Senior Consultant at the Center for Applied Research, and a principal in the Coxe Group, to talk about change and how it can be implemented. Greg talks about how in a world of constant change, everyone, regardless of their title or role, is responsible for change. He also explains that leaders need to understand change is a marathon, not a sprint, and he shares what factors need to be accounted for when implementing change.