| | FEBRUARY 20208By Yogesh Sirohi, CFO, PwC IndiaYogesh has been associated with PwC for over five years now, prior to which he held the roles of Executive Director Finance and Branch Accountant at KPMG India and Thomas Cook, respectively.In today's ever-changing business landscape which is fuelled by the proliferation of new technologies and the age of disruption, the te-nets of leadership from the past no longer seem relevant. For organisa-tions worldwide, the only constant is change, disruption is the new nor-mal, self-cannibalisation of revenue is perfectly acceptable, and there is a blurring of lines between erst-while analogue and digital models of doing business. Leadership in the face of great change can be a daunt-ing task, and it is important that those of us who are in such posi-tions realign our old ways and adapt ourselves to the future challenges that define this new era. With the mass adoption of new technologies and disruptive work models, rely-ing on now obsolete concepts of leadership such as centralisation of responsibilities and the leader-fol-lower model is no longer effective for the management of people or organisational culture. With the very fabric of organisations un-dergoing seismic transformations from inside-out, managing the or-ganisational culture is as critical to a leader's strategic agenda as man-aging people themselves. Some might even regard the two as being synonymous in the context of their overarching purpose. Therefore, it is important that leaders ask them-selves how they can stand-out in leading their organisations in these times of change.From a holistic perspective, it is clear how leadership directly cor-relates with team morale. To steer any company through the turbulent waters of transformation, one needs to look at the big `E', i.e. empathy. Empathetic leadership is the answer to the present and future changing business environment. Empathet-ic leadership has also become an THOUGHT LEADERSHIPTHE IMPORTANCE OF EMPATHETIC LEADERSHIP IN THE AGE OF DISRUPTION
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