What happened
Dr. Deepti Dabas Hazarika, Dean of the School of Leadership and Management at Manav Rachna, asserts that leadership is pivoting towards human connection and flatter organisational structures as AI enables computational tasks. Hazarika highlights that leaders must act as mentors, fostering psychological safety and building trust within teams, particularly when managing intergenerational cohorts like Gen Z. This shift redefines the leader's role from process manager to cultural centrepiece, using AI for computational tasks to free human intelligence for emotional development.
Why it matters
This redefinition of leadership shifts the focus for founders and CTOs from hierarchical control to cultivating psychological safety and clear purpose within flat structures. For HR leaders and team leads, the mechanism of leadership changes, requiring a greater emphasis on mentorship and non-defensive communication to engage diverse workforces, including Gen Z, who seek clarity and freedom for creativity. The metric for leadership success moves beyond traditional power distance, prioritising trust and emotional intelligence as AI handles routine tasks, thereby elevating the value of uniquely human capabilities.
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