Chapter 3: The Cognitive, Emotional, and Behavioral Qualities Required for Leadership Assessment and Development in the New World of Work

This chapter introduces the complex, dynamic, and technologically advanced new world of work and the challenges it creates for leadership. It reviews the leadership development literature against the backdrop of this new work context, identifying the philosophies and techniques that are no longer effective as well as those that are relevant or needed in order to assess and develop effective leadership. Key areas of attention are resilience, openness, adaptability, collaboration, and meaningful networks, all of which have implications for emotion management capabilities. It is now essential for leaders to develop and maintain a strong leader identity and self-awareness and adopt a growth mindset and sense of purpose to be sustainable and effective in their leadership.