S10-Ep37: Economic & Geopolitical Shifts - The Trends Leaders Need to Know for 2025

Guest: Christopher Washington, Franklin University Provost

What awaits leaders in 2025? You’ll find out in this special future-scanning episode.

 

We turn the tables this week, as our host, Maureen Metcalf, is interviewed by guest Christopher Washington, the provost of Franklin University. Maureen has determined the five major global trends which will affect leadership in 2025. It’s based on her countless interviews with CEOs and other though leaders over the past few months.

Here's what Christopher and Maureen cover:

1. Why the 70+ elections in nations around the globe in 2024 will lead to major policy shifts affecting corporations;
2. The biggest mistake leaders make as the new year dawns; and
3. How the changing nature of work will continue in the next year.

Other episodes you'll enjoy:

• Uncharted: How to Map the Future Together with Margaret Heffernan
• The Future Is Yours to Create with Rebecca Ryan
• Is Your Organization Designed for the Future? With Mark Palmer & Eddie Moore

 

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RESOURCES:

Our host Maureen Metcalf posts a newsletter every week on LinkedIn. You can subscribe here. 

 

Maureen’s latest book is Innovative Leadership & Followership in the Age of AI. You’ll find details about it at https://bit.ly/LeaderInAI, or check out the Kindle version at https://amzn.to/44buVz8. The audiobook version is now available at https://amzn.to/4dTCleZ.

 

Her other 10 books are available on Amazon here. 

 

Books we’re reading for fun or personal development right now include:

• Take Back Your Power: 10 New Rules for Women at Work by Ancestry CEO Deb Liu, on how to overcome the obstacles women still face in the workplace – especially in tech. It’s in hardback at https://amzn.to/47OUO9E, and audio at https://amzn.to/3Y6EmOQ.
• Covert Cows and Chick-fil-A by Steve Robinson; it’s available in hardback at https://amzn.to/460LnmQ, on Kindle at https://amzn.to/3RVXhZs, and as an audiobook at https://amzn.to/3xPjBgn.
• The War of Art by Steven Pressfield. Paperback = https://amzn.to/3VEl7cU, Kindle = https://amzn.to/45JGm1L, and audiobook = https://amzn.to/3RPhC2y
• Everyday Ubuntu: Living Better Together, the African Way by Mungi Ngomane. Hardback (https://amzn.to/48Doh6j) and audiobook (https://amzn.to/48YCRF4)

 

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