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Breakout Session 3: Leadership and Influence in a World of Changing Values and Norms 
by Student Leadership Programs (UNG)
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Today's leaders must adapt to address the differing values these new workers possess. Traditional compensation approaches no longer effectively motivate employee performance. Empowerment, entrepreneurship, and personal fulfillment are highly valued by the new workforce, which stands in contrast to traditional hierarchical structures. Current leaders must determine how best to approach these differences and tailor organizational culture to accommodate and integrate these new characteristics while maintaining the organization's core values.
Conversely, today's newly minted leaders possess a different worldview than the older workforce they will lead. Willingness to enter their role with an open mind and understanding of organizational cultures will prevent new leaders from alienating and potentially losing their workforce.
These diametrically opposed norms of old and new must therefore be integrated in a manner that maintains harmony within the organization. Modern leaders must consequently adjust their leadership approach and style to influence a broadly diverse workforce towards a common goal.
Speakers
Ryan Reid
Ryan Reid is a 1998 graduate of the University of North Georgia with a BS in Physics where he commissioned into the active Army Ordnance Corps. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel in 2021 after 27 years of service on active duty and the Georgia Army National Guard. Ryan is currently the Visiting Assistant Professor of Management at Auburn University at Montgomery's (AUM) College of Business. He holds an MBA from Cameron University, a Master of Philosophy in Strategy from the School of Advanced Air and Space Studies and is pursuing a Doctorate in Business Administration from Liberty University. Having taught mid-career officers at the Air Command and Staff College and led the AUM Mustang Battalion ROTC program for four years, he discovered a passion for developing future leaders through broadening their worldviews. His work focuses on the characteristics of successful irregular warfare leaders and how they may be applied by leaders facing challenges of the modern world.