How to be a leader for smarter people (5 TIPS TO KEEP FOCUS ON WHAT'S IMPORTANT FOR TOP EXECUTIVES)

It used to be that leaders should have detailed knowledge about everything in the business

With tech development, chances are that most junior colleagues know more than you - so what to do? Regard the operations as projects - and manage them that way; in a hyper-complex world, things are changing so rapidly that treating even business as usual as projects will give the attention required for successful completion

Define values, what do we want to live by, what do we believe in, what is our place in the near and remote community, how do we make a difference

Create a system for working together - a loose set of group interactions and processes

Build the culture

Set the targets and point out the North Star - let employees define their way - but make sure they ‘get’ that they take on the responsibility for the success

Don’t get in the way, but be there to break down large projects; work backward - remember it’s like eating an elephant, in small bites, bit by bit

Gather the teams and let them point you toward the minimum knowledge required to understand their areas of work - you don’t need to be a specialist but it’s important to get the bigger picture

Keep detailed performance tracker so you don’t lose the overview - and make sure that you’ve been explained the key parts of each project with their dependencies; understanding the dependencies and ensuring they are all smoothly solved is key to successful project delivery