<p>In today's <b data-redactor-tag="b">complex and fast-changing economic, political, market, blink-of-eye-Technologies and consumer-preferences-and-habits</b> => to say "that <b data-redactor-tag="b">being the top boss is demanding would be the biggest understatement of our times</b>".</p><p>Whether <b data-redactor-tag="b">you are a CEO of the world's largest organization or a one-person start-up OR even someone looking for a job</b> – you will have to master many-many more skills, than were needed say 20/30 years back.</p><p>In spite of <b data-redactor-tag="b">all the right strategic planning</b> [because of any of the external forces mentioned in the first paragraph above] – the outcomes could be totally unpredictable.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The earlier wisdom, solutions and techniques may not help</b> – unless we too learn to learn* newer skills* faster than the rate of change.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Although there are no guarantees</b> - In the climate of VUCA [Volatile, Complex, Uncertain and Ambiguous] – <b data-redactor-tag="b">The future successes would come from disrupting the trends RATHER than following what is popular fads</b>.</p><p>I have complied a list of <b data-redactor-tag="b">93 challenges that as a Top Business Leader</b> you must address and overcome – <b data-redactor-tag="b">Ignore them at your own peril</b>.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">These are Based on</b> my interactions with <b data-redactor-tag="b">numerous CEOs and Business-Owners</b> [whose success-stories are worthy of case-studies to be studied at the Global Best Management Schools] – AND – also <b data-redactor-tag="b">through implementing many simple yet un-thought of strategies and getting the results</b>.</p><p>The idea is to help – <b data-redactor-tag="b">the leaders to recognize, identify, learn, prepare and face these challenges head on – with informed action-steps.</b></p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Some of these are meant only for the top honchos of the global conglomerate</b> – but most of the challenges are of almost all the people who would like to succeed beyond the extra-ordinary. </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Even if you are about to jump into the entrepreneurial or job market</b> – they would prove to be of the most effective skills and tools that you need to master and practice.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The word - Leadership - immediately creates an image of great men and women</b>, who - in a moment of crisis, always rise to the occasion with the right response, the right decision, the right direction.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">This is one of the biggest myths or misconception of leadership</b> - that leaders always know what to do. </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">Most of the time leaders themselves</b> - don't know what they're doing - any more than the rest of us do. </p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">That's why every leader need solution tool-kit - that work</b> against the most common challenges life throws at us.</p><p><b data-redactor-tag="b">The 93 Top Leadership's Biggest Challenges</b></p> <ul><li>1.Attracting investors</li> <li>2.Reducing time to make money</li> <li>3.Making the business reach the break-even point and then to make it reach the profitable scale</li> <li>4.Accepting full responsibility [as a founder or the boss – even your employee's mistakes are yours] for anything and everything that goes wrong – AND – the pivoting correctly</li> <li>5.Facing problems and being a problem-solver </li> <li>6.Developing and Empowering your people to be problem-solvers </li> <li>7.Being comfortable in Asking for help – when you don't have a clue what is wrong OR what you need</li> <li>8.Understanding and accepting – who is the real BOSS – NO it is not YOU – They are Your Employees, Your Customers, Your Board etc etc</li> <li>9.Taking actions even if it paralyses you with fear </li> <li>10.Understanding that There are no guarantees – ONLY THAT – after each failure – you NEED to improvise take action again</li> <li>11.Asking the questions constantly - What Skills, Talents, Products, Processes, Strategies etc - do we need in our organization today that we don't have right now</li> <li>12.Constantly learning about the strengths they need to create for the next disruption OR preparing themselves for it-Best leaders don't just leverage the strengths they have, they also identify the strengths those they don't realize they have</li> <li>13.Having a right team of Mentors, Coaches and Advisers to help you learn, change and grow</li> <li>14.Going for the Top talents – AND -Ensuring that you best people are highly engaged and are excited for what their organization is about and the impact they are making</li> <li>15.Dealing with uncertainty through candid communications and conversations</li> <li>16.Reinventing themselves and their organizations by looking for and experimenting with newer ways of doing things</li> <li>17.Going for enhancing the horizon of knowledge for wider-ranging subjects, topics, fields and areas</li> <li>18.Nurturing strong trustable relationships all stakeholders – external as well as internal</li> <li>19.Recruit and retain top performers</li> <li>20. Learn to reach the crux from the maze of big-data to avoid Information overload</li> <li>21.Go for pro-active Change </li> <li>22. Overcoming the fear of firing – by letting people who don't support your values – humanely </li> <li>23. Becoming expert in Execution, improvisation and follow-through</li> <li>24. Following your own plan with disciplined approach</li> <li>25. Going for creating culture of most admired organizations in the world – it is expensive in short-term BUT very profitable in long term on sustainable basis - You as the CEO creates the culture and set the tone </li> <li>26. Learning to handle Difficult People*</li> <li>27.Say No*</li> <li>28. Developing Ability to handle Pressure without tension</li> <li>29. Dealing with Adversity*</li> <li>30. Delivering Bad News</li> <li>31.Staying Motivated and inspired</li> <li>32. Being Respectable and not likable*</li> <li>33. Developing and Maintaining Focus*</li> <li>34. Pivoting fast* – when any major project doesn't work or the event is a bust or When something new is about to start OR When something is about to end OR When times are tough OR During transitions</li> <li>35. Facing and handling Public criticism, especially uninformed criticism, of your group or mission – like - Crises, which could be tied to finances, program, politics, public relations (scandals), legal concerns (lawsuits) OR Opposition and/or hostility from powerful forces (business groups, local government, an influential organization, etc.)</li> <li>36. Resolving conflicts</li> <li>37.Being objectivate</li> <li>38. Looking for building collaborations</li> <li>39. Going for 360-degree feedback and using it to set the wrong right</li> <li>40. Observing* the trends and disruptions</li> <li>41.Communicating* your vision* passionately*</li> <li>42. Living your values* - values-based-leadership*</li> <li>43. Setting an example</li> <li>44. Maintaining effectiveness </li> <li>45. Creating sustainable excellence*</li> <li>46. Avoiding burnout*</li> <li>47.Sharing the burden by Surrounding yourself with good, competent and committed people who support and share your vision</li> <li>48. Becoming part of group or creating a group like Mastermind* with whom you can discuss your challenges and realities of leadership</li> <li>49. Ensuring taking self-care*</li> <li>50. Developing New organizational competencies in future context</li> <li>51.Identifying the Where are the biggest gaps – which are giving you ulcers – AND – then working to fill them with both short-term as well as long-term capabilities</li> <li>52. Nurturing and Refreshing leadership from within the organization</li> <li>53. Polishing your personal leadership style</li> <li>54. Experimenting AND Giving permission to yourself to fail</li> <li>55.Learning to Handle the Millennials as well as the Generation -Z</li> <li>56. Improving the quality and level of coaching and mentoring in your organizational culture </li> <li>57.Keeping a culture of agility</li> <li>58. Making use of technology</li> <li>59. Elevate and retain female leaders</li> <li>60. Business Up-SCALING WITHOUT SACRIFICING CULTURE</li> <li>61.Up-scaling only after consolidation</li> <li>62. STAYING LEAN </li> <li>63. MAKING PEOPLE CARE ABOUT YOUR CAUSE</li> <li>64. LETTING GO AND DELEGATING</li> <li>65. Focusing on the Development of Frontline leaders – Preparing frontline leaders for their critical leadership moments</li> <li>66. Developing result-giving and conducing habits*</li> <li>67.Not leaving development to chance or individual efforts</li> <li>68. Learning to lead several generations</li> <li>69. Emphasize accountability yours and everyone's</li> <li>70. Managing Changing Customer Relationships and Expectations - effectively</li> <li>71.Staying Competitive and Creating Growth</li> <li>72.Using Big Data and Decision-making science in most effective ways - Managing Information Flow</li> <li>73.Managing Your Energy*</li> <li>74.Creating new business models suitable to Disruptive technologies and market preferences Developing next-generation leaders</li> <li>75.Creating a learning agile culture</li> <li>76.Investing in inclusion and diversity for Fostering emotionally agile leadership</li> <li>77.Launching more female leaders</li> <li>78. Creating a High-Performance Global </li> <li>79.Tackling Expectation of High Performance in a Short Period of Time - through creating robust tracking and monitoring systems</li> <li>80.Creating Strong Brand Loyalty - by bringing something unique and practical to the market </li> <li>81.Learning the fineries of Financial management and Cashflow Management</li> <li>82. Creating a cultural of Innovation</li> <li>83. Making the processes involved in running a business easier to monitor and take action</li> <li>84. Using all the available Marketing channels to your best advantages - Direct, social, online</li> <li>85. Creating Differentiation through very strong stakeholders value proposition'</li> <li>86. Mismatch of Current Talent And Future Strategies</li> <li>87. Lack of Digital Expertise</li> <li>88. Loneliness at the top</li> <li>89. Balancing competing interests and priorities*</li> <li>90. Providing employees with the tools they need to be productive</li> <li>91.Becoming more adaptable to change</li> <li>92. Creating culture which promote employee well-being</li> <li>93. Identifying emerging trend and right preparation</li></ul>