{"id":22642,"date":"2021-02-23T09:37:00","date_gmt":"2021-02-23T09:37:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/old-school-management-no-place-future-of-work-leadership\/"},"modified":"2023-09-04T17:37:40","modified_gmt":"2023-09-04T17:37:40","slug":"old-school-management-no-place-future-of-work-leadership","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.experfy.com\/blog\/future-of-work\/old-school-management-no-place-future-of-work-leadership\/","title":{"rendered":"Old-School Management Has No Place in the Future of Work or Leadership"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Old-school management is outdated.<\/p>\n

We know that, but we still see it entrenched in big corporations, organisations and government offices. The handling of the Brittany Higgins case<\/a> is typical of the management style that no longer serves people. If ministerial-level leaders cannot advocate and speak up for what\u2019s right, how can we call Australia the lucky country?<\/p>\n

The sad truth is that in old-school management, women are still regarded as secondary to men. In parliament this is especially true, where only 31.13%<\/a> of our MPs are women.<\/p>\n

Could this be because women have a greater fear of career consequence if they advocate, speak out about, or challenge old-school thinking? Is this perhaps why neither of the two-female led ministerial offices where Brittany worked advocated for her? Whilst it\u2019s an isolated incident, I wonder how we shift the old-school management paradigm for a better world.       <\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for change, whereby human-centric, empathetic leadership replaces those old insensitive practices.<\/p>\n

This year the theme for International Women\u2019s Day<\/a>, \u201cChoose To Challenge\u201d could not have had better timing. One of the less obvious reasons for the lack of women in leadership<\/a> is that our priorities are different. We put people first; we\u2019re strong in communication and relationship building. We\u2019re strong in support and nurturing. We\u2019re also strong in all those traditional leadership skills like strategic planning and decision making, although we approach them differently. We excel in emotional intelligence.<\/p>\n

The heart of human-centred leadership is empathy, influence, communication and relationship building, in both formal and informal ways. It\u2019s about listening to each other and paying attention to what\u2019s said. It\u2019s about asking questions and gathering information instead of giving instructions.<\/p>\n

Way back in 2007<\/a>, people started talking about human-centred leadership as the way forward. In 2012, Harvard Business Review<\/a> published an article saying, \u201cTraditional corporate communication must give way to a process that is more dynamic and more sophisticated. Most important, that process must be conversational<\/em>.\u201d Yet here we are in 2021, still having the same conversation.\u2019<\/p>\n

The pandemic made it quite clear that people are the critical components of our organisations, not the tools or systems old management has long focused on. Boards and senior leaders have begun to acknowledge this, so now is the perfect time for women to put their skills to work. And let\u2019s get those switched-on men aboard too.<\/p>\n

If our ministerial leaders handled Brittney Higgins\u2019 allegations with a more compassionate, human-centric approach, we\u2019d see less victim-blaming rhetoric and more accountability. There\u2019d be no behind-the-scenes secrets. The traumatic event would have been handled with sensitivity instead of causing more inexcusable damage. 

How many times have you seen someone hurt or careers destroyed by old school practices when human-centred leadership could have saved the day?<\/p>\n

It\u2019s time for action \u2013 we ALL must do better. Let\u2019s use International Women\u2019s Day as our line in the sand.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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