In a recent team building activity, one of our interns raised the question of what is the future of leadership. At first thought, the question sounded a bit rhetorical to me. However, he went on to explain.

He said that the global system is challenged by a confluence of economic, societal, environmental, political, and legislative forces, prompting executives to seek for or adapt different leadership models that reflects this evolving paradigm.

He further stressed that the impact of technologies like robotics and AI, coupled with the unpredictability of the market, is expected to cripple entrepreneurs following the tried and tested route of leadership. To this, someone mentioned the probable solution to be – Dynamic leadership.

I realized that as the global business world continues to become more concentrated, we would need dynamic leadership to be the new norm, instead of being an exception for successful businesses.

The central idea behind dynamic leadership or entrepreneurship is adaptability. Adaptability to situations as well as customers. They promote a sense of inclusivity and flexibility, one which inspires and fosters trust and camaraderie with their employees, thereby resulting in better productivity.

Dynamic leaders work in tandem with their employees to create an operation process for the business. These individuals lead from the front, coach from the side, and elevate, not delegate!

In this year-end special issue of 100 Dynamic Leaders of the Year, Exeleon has curated stories of a list of accomplished and renowned individuals from varying fields and highlighted their pathway towards attaining excellence.

The issue includes an alphabetically ranked list of 100 leaders. This was curated after a thorough examination and stringent perusal from the research team of Exeleon Magazine based on a wide array of factors. The factors differed in some sectors due to the nature of business therein as well as the ongoing trends.

We are proud of the work done by our team in completing this issue and making it look and read the way it does. We hope that you enjoy reading this issue as much as we enjoyed building this.