Today's+Leaders

** Harvard **** Business School: **Today's Leaders
Hello everyone! Today we will be watching a new video.

Watch this 10-minute video from Harvard Business School about experts' views on the role of future leaders, and the biggest mistakes leaders can make.

Click this link to watch the video on Youku.

Answer the two questions below:


 * //Question 1: What is the role of the future leader?//**

(Below is a sample answer) Andrew Pettigrew, from the Said Business School at Oxford University, said one of the most important roles for leaders in the future is being able to manage across borders and across boundaries. By “borders”, he meant the international dimension of leadership with all the complexities of dealing with people with different values and practices. By “boundaries”, he was referring to a manager having to influence situations in organizations where they are not in control and don’t have positional power. This requires a level of cooperation, diplomatic skill, and international understanding which many leaders today don’t have.

Bob Johansen, Distinguished Fellow at the Institute for the Future, said……


 * //Question 2: What is the biggest mistake a leader can make?//**

Bill George of Harvard Business School said……

When you are finished typing the answers on MS Word, copy-paste them on an email message and send to Mick and Ruby. Write "Harvard Business School" as the subject.

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