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[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css_animation=”bottom-to-top”]This article contains trends for the year 2021. Check out Management trends for 2023: Power skills for leaders<\/b><\/a>\u00a0for the most recent trends in business.<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n

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2020\u00a0will forever be synonymous with COVID-19 and its attendant health and economic crises \u2013 not to mention climate emergencies and political turmoil in various parts of the world.<\/p>\n

But even assuming that COVID-19 is brought under control during the next year, 2021 will present unique challenges for businesses <\/strong>seeking to recover from this year\u2019s shocks. What management skills will you need to respond to those challenges?<\/p>\n

Find out the best management trends in 2021<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

5 key leadership skills managers will need for 2021<\/h2>\n

Here, IESE professors and experts identify five key leadership skills<\/strong> managers will need to navigate 2021:<\/p>\n

1.<\/span> <\/strong>Empathy<\/strong><\/h3>\n

Most of us know that empathy is all about putting yourself into someone else\u2019s shoes, in order to understand what they\u2019re thinking and feeling. Does this matter in business? Prof. Anneloes Raes<\/strong> thinks so. \u201cThis is really something that I think is very important in many business situations, whether it is about understanding your clients, understanding your team members, understanding your negotiation partners, understanding the markets,\u201d Prof. Raes says.<\/p>\n

Empathy is crucial during times of crisis when so many people are struggling. <\/strong>It\u2019s also key to producing the kinds of connections with colleagues that can generate much-needed innovation. Empathetic leaders know how to create an atmosphere in which all of their team members \u2013 not just a few \u2013 come forward with ideas. They know how to engage with team members who are different from themselves because of culture, or background, or personality, or age.<\/p>\n

\u201cOur context has changed so much that many companies find themselves very fundamentally rethinking their business models,\u201d Raes says. \u201cWe need a lot of innovation. And what do we need for innovation? Relationships, sharing of information, serendipity of conversations.\u201d<\/p>\n

2.<\/span> Flexibility<\/strong><\/h3>\n

\u201cWe tend to repeat things that have worked well in the past. But the year 2021, for sure, is not going to be a year that is going to be similar to anything we’ve had before,\u201d says Prof. Mireia Las Heras<\/strong>.<\/p>\n

To respond, managers will have to show mental flexibility, or a willingness to do things differently \u2013 even if the way they operated in the past was very successful.[\/vc_column_text]

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