Developing as 21st Century Leaders
At the Logistics Institute, we develop the whole person - not just the technical skills required to work in supply chain and logistics. Our mission is to develop professionals who lead with competence, character, and confidence: leaders who transform organizations, create lasting customer value, and accept responsibility for the decisions they make.
Meeting the challenges of the 21st Century requires more than technical expertise. Leadership is developed through a series of building blocks - from leading ourselves, to leading others, to leading organizations in increasingly complex environments.
Throughout my years as Founding President of the Logistics Institute, I have had the privilege of exploring leadership with professionals, practitioners, academics, experienced executives, and those entering the workforce for the first time.
This series shares the insights gained from those conversations and experiences.
I invite you to join me in exploring what it means to develop as a 21st Century leader.
Victor Deyglio, Founding President, The Logistics Institute
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Personal Leadership
Developing yourself as a leader.
Explore personal leadership as the foundation of 21st century leadership, focusing on self-awareness, values, and internal decision-making under pressure.
Aptitude to Lead
Understanding your capacity and willingness to lead.
Leadership skills can be learned. Leadership aptitude is something deeper. This article explores the qualities that underpin leadership capacity - self-confidence, trust, openness, and the willingness to embrace responsibility.
Leading Others
Developing your ability to engage others.
Leading others is not about managing predictable behaviour. It is about understanding complexity, challenging assumptions, and creating the clarity people need to succeed in uncertain situations.
Mind Strength to Lead
Recognizing and leveraging different perspectives.
Leadership is more than developing your own strengths. It is recognizing the different ways others think, solve problems, and create value. This article draws on the MIND Strength Model: embracing cognitive diversity by not expecting everyone to think the same way.
Leading the Situation
Adapting leadership to context.
Leadership requires power - not the kind of power we often fear. Explore how leaders exercise power through situational judgment to create meaningful outcomes.
The Values-Led Organization
Applying leadership principles organizationally.
Most organizations know how to manage performance. The challenge of the 21st Century is creating organizations capable of navigating complexity, uncertainty, and change.
Releases August 8, 2026 | Read here after release.
Contextual Leadership & Strategic Intent
Applying judgment in context.
The final article in the Developing 21st Century Leaders series explores the leadership capability that matters most in a complex world: contextual intelligence. Leadership is about making better decisions by understanding the past, interpreting the present, and shaping the future.
Releases August 15, 2026 | Read here after release.