A leader argues that modern employees expect to be treated like star performers, not subordinates. He draws on Danish culture and generational shifts to show why empathy and entrepreneurial thinking are no longer optional for leaders who want to keep talent.
I think leadership today is changing in a way that is not too dissimilar to the past, right? We have to be more empathic with our teams. We have to be closer to our employees. We have a group of employees who are maybe more demanding because they have more options, essentially. So I live in Denmark, right? And everybody here has their own business, even if they're employees somewhere else. So I think we have a generation of Employees who, to a large degree, are thinking about themselves as entrepreneurs, even though they're in a corporate context. And as leaders, and the leadership has to evolve to recognize that. So it's a privilege, essentially, for me to have, you know, Martin come and work with me and not the other way around. So starting to treat people a little bit more like the Messis and the Ronaldos of the world, rather than just some person that you put into the cannon as cannon fodder. I think is required. And that's one of the ways that leadership is evolving.
