Systemic Model of Leadership Approaches

Abstract

AbstractThis paper introduces a Technical Leadership Model designed to address the challenges posed by diverse businesses, the global context, and the technological landscape. The model's development involved a synthesis of cognitive studies on organizational leadership and a literature analysis of INCOSE SE Vision 2035 [Vision 35]. This vision offers insights into present and future Systems Engineering challenges, global megatrends, technological shifts, and a roadmap for enhancing competencies, skills, theoretical foundations, and collaborative opportunities within the systems engineering community.The research was spearheaded by a team within Cohort 7 of the INCOSE Technical Leadership Institute (TLI), aided by coaches and other cohort members. Through structured interviews, surveys, and workshops, these cohort members engaged senior organizational leaders to gather their viewpoints. These insights were amalgamated with the pre‐existing Leadership Model initially developed by a distinguished TLI coach with support from Cohort 1 in 2015 [Godfrey 2015]. The outcomes and conclusions are derived from a diverse range of collaborative methodologies utilized to forge this shared model. Moreover, input from senior leaders across various industries, organizations, and INCOSE TLI members, projecting future leadership trends, enriched the model. This body of work yields an enhanced, collective leadership model encompassing behavioral attributes such as vision, emotional intelligence, communication, effective team management, and an additional layer of dynamism.