• Mrs. Priya Thenissery
• Ms. Sunita Ramaswamy

Hello to virtual workplaces with no hierarchical reporting but teams working together in tandem through social media collaboration and network without any inhibition in contributing to innovative ideas and thought processes through platforms that promote free brain storming. Leaders today are adapters, adopters and aligners keeping abreast with the dynamic technological environment that has considerably reduced face to face interaction and physical meetings but yielded higher levels of engagement and connect resulting in enhanced performances and recognition. Work is evolving and ever changing and the new age leaders are agile, responsive and collaborative. The cardinal principles of leadership and organization have seen a dramatic change as tasks have replaced work and products and services have to be made available on demand. With technology invading every sphere of activity supplementing and augmenting the knowledge quotient of the people at the helm but at the same time, the Damocles Sword of replacement hanging like an Albatross’s cross on these task and employee oriented leaders. Leadership style is inclusive as it has to accommodate a global workplace across different nationalities and cultures and must possess influencing abilities that move away from imposition towards sensitivity and the fine art of the power of persuasion backed by strong emotional intelligence quotient. Building trust and credibility with the team has become the crux of effectiveness more than aggression and command and control. Leadership has become a two way process of unleashing innovativeness and behaving inclusive by drawing in the arguments, advice and feedback. The inputs from the team can never be ignored or brushed under the carpet and leaders have to be facilitators and artful negotiators. Risk taking and bold initiatives form the foundation along with communication in both real and virtual space as a key tool to success.

Agility, Collaborators, Communication, Virtual

"The global collaborators – Rebooting to be adoptive, adaptive, agile and inclusive", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no.231-240, January-2019, Available :http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901B31.pdf

"The global collaborators – Rebooting to be adoptive, adaptive, agile and inclusive", International Journal of Emerging Technologies and Innovative Research (www.jetir.org | UGC and issn Approved), ISSN:2349-5162, Vol.6, Issue 1, page no. pp231-240, January-2019, Available at : http://www.jetir.org/papers/JETIR1901B31.pdf