Companies that are run in traditional ways are suffering. Top-down, hierarchical, departmentally siloed, purely profit-driven – these are organizations where talent development is an after-thought and leadership is on a path to extinction. At a time when it’s becoming less about the business defining the individual and more about the individual defining the business, employees at these companies are still made to feel they must check their authentic selves at the door and conform to the company way of doing things. They stay because their marketable skills grow stale and less transferable, not out of any sense of loyalty or opportunity for growth. Into this scenario comes the influence of the cultural demographic shift, telling us that the 21st century workplace is one where people seek to express their true identity – in a community-minded, boundary-less environment that encourages individuality and creates new types of opportunities for the betterment of a healthier whole.

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