Where the old economy model positions leadership as a top down activity, the new economy model stresses the need for leaders at all levels and across all functions of an organization. The Company of Leaders model for the new economy asserts that people can train themselves to be leaders by adhering to twelve points. Leaders are confident and modest , where the goal is not to make one's self more powerful, but to make surrounding people more powerful. Leaders are authentic . When leaders believe in themselves, it allows others to believe in them too.
Leaders are listeners, fueled by curiosity, ready to learn from others.
Leaders are good at giving encouragement , and they are never satisfied. They test and build courage and stamina throughout the organization by raising the stakes of the game for all. Leaders provide direction by posing revealing questions not all the answers. Leaders make change - and stand for values that don't change. They help people identify what assumptions need to change, and which values are core to what the organization is.