As a great leader, you need to have a strong vision for your business, as well as a leadership point of view. Additionally, you have to anticipate what’s coming next, both in the short term, as well as the longer term future. You also have to take action on what you anticipate to happen, especially if you hope to stay ahead of your competition.
With all of the changes in technology, it’s imperative that you have a good handle on what’s coming next, as if you don’t, you’ll be out of business faster than you can pull up your e-mail in the morning. If you don’t believe me, stop to think for a moment about companies like Blockbuster Video, Borders, and even to a certain extent, Kodak. These are three huge companies that either went out of business overnight, or lost some of their leading products and brands, simply because they didn’t anticipate what was coming next.
In order to assist you with your business, here are my top predictions for 2013, and what you need to do to address them: