{"id":35255,"date":"2021-03-05T14:22:18","date_gmt":"2021-03-05T19:22:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/?p=35255"},"modified":"2021-03-12T13:28:06","modified_gmt":"2021-03-12T18:28:06","slug":"shanequa-fleming-ceo-of-culture-accelerators-shares-insights-on-leadership-in-the-post-pandemic-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/2021\/03\/shanequa-fleming-ceo-of-culture-accelerators-shares-insights-on-leadership-in-the-post-pandemic-world\/","title":{"rendered":"Shanequa Fleming, CEO of Culture Accelerators, Shares Insights on Leadership in the Post-Pandemic World."},"content":{"rendered":"

As organizations reimagine the future and redesign business models, leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic doesn\u2019t look all that different from leadership during times of normalcy, said Shanequa Fleming, CEO of Culture Accelerators, during \u201cA Leadership Mindset,\u201d a Wertheim Wisdom Wednesdays virtual event.<\/p>\n

Leaders should keep an eye on changes happening around them, maintain self-awareness and create a culture of communication and support, Fleming said during the hour-long conversation moderated by Jennifer Quintana, executive director of development for the College of Business.<\/p>\n

\u201cLeadership really begins in the mind, so cultivate a mindset of: \u2018Who will I have to be as a leader to create the outcomes that I want in my team and my organization?\u2019\u201d Fleming said.<\/p>\n

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While \u2018Zoom\u2019 became a noun, then a verb, then a diagnosis as the pandemic exploded, the shift to a digital economy was a decade in the making and astute leaders prepared for this. Looking ahead, Fleming said, 85 percent of the jobs that will exist in 2030 don\u2019t exist today, according to research authored by the Institute for the Future.<\/p>\n

The Institute for The Future (IFTF). This is published in a report by Dell Technologies and authored by the Institute for The Future.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou have to be able to understand the story it is telling us and as leaders, move forward,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Companies looking to reinvent themselves should collaborate with others in the industry. \u201cThere is no status quo because everyone is open to doing new things and taking advantage,\u201d Fleming said. \u201cEventually the dust will settle and people will go back into comfortability, and it will become harder.\u201d<\/p>\n

As leaders navigate these unchartered waters, they should constantly reevaluate themselves and seek feedback from employees. \u201cIf we don\u2019t know who we are as leaders and what we believe in, it makes it extremely challenging to be decisive \u2013 and leaders have to be decisive,\u201d Fleming said.<\/p>\n

They also need to reconsider what it means to be productive now that work is largely remote. \u201cDebunk some of the old myths about how work gets done and where work gets done,\u201d she said. \u201cInstead of measuring our progress based on meetings we\u2019ve had, understand how to engage digitally and how to highlight our impact in ways to show the value of what we do.\u201d<\/p>\n

Make employees feel valuable and create a flexible, supportive environment to stem the exodus of women from the workforce, especially because companies will come back stronger than ever and need talent.<\/p>\n

\u201cCompanies can\u2019t afford to lose women leaders,\u201d Fleming said. And in working to solve issues around diversity, equity and inclusion, ask people what they need rather than assume. For example, Fleming said, don\u2019t expect her to speak for every African American but let her share her own story: \u201cPeople don\u2019t hear your story; they hear their story in your story.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

As organizations reimagine the future and redesign business models, leadership during the Covid-19 pandemic doesn\u2019t look all that different from leadership during times of normalcy, said Shanequa Fleming, CEO of Culture Accelerators, during \u201cA Leadership Mindset,\u201d a Wertheim Wisdom Wednesdays virtual event. Leaders should keep an eye on changes happening around them, maintain self-awareness and […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":99,"featured_media":35267,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_links_to":"","_links_to_target":""},"categories":[4611,10],"tags":[3514,4695],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35255"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/99"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=35255"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35255\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":35271,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/35255\/revisions\/35271"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/35267"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=35255"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=35255"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/biznews.fiu.edu\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=35255"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}