Lead Vanguard is a client-focused, cross-functional and co-located team empowered to deliver solutions within the context of customer journeys. This fully dedicated, sustainable team is comprised of full stack developers.
Vanguard is led by a deep roster of thought leaders. These seasoned strategists conduct research and offer commentary on a variety of investment, management, and behavioral topics.
Global Collaboration
As the world becomes more interconnected, it's important for schools to bring global collaboration experiences into the classroom. This type of learning not only helps students develop their cultural understanding, communication skills and knowledge, but also increases empathy and awareness.
One example of a collaborative project that yielded strong performance metrics was an initiative in which students from the U.S. Skyped with their peers in Africa to discuss a topic of common interest—in this case, children's access to books. The students decided to raise money to send books to their remote peers.
With the acquisition of Infosys, a leader in the areas of AI and blockchain, Vanguard will advance its efforts to build a state-of-the-art participant experience for our 5 million participants and 1,500 sponsors. To facilitate this, the firm will transition more than 1300 roles supporting full-service recordkeeping client administration and operations to Infosys. These employees will be offered comparable roles at Infosys, as well as transition support and long-term career opportunities.
Collaborative Leadership
In collaborative settings, a vanguard leader understands that everyone has an equal opportunity to contribute. They also promote a culture of inclusivity and respect, encouraging their team members to think outside the box.
This leadership style promotes shared ownership of the collaboration, builds trust and minimizes turf issues, ensures that every perspective is heard and understood, produces better solutions, empowers the collaborative community or organization, trains new leaders from within the collaboration, and can change the way a community operates. It’s a demanding leadership approach that requires the leader to bite their tongues when their own ego or particular concerns get in the way of progress, and subordinate their own agendas to the greater good.
Vanguard business leaders are well equipped to tackle a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) environment, as well as to collaborate effectively with other teams across the globe. Learn how to develop into a vanguard leader with our global online MBA program.
Autonomy and Engagement
Modern technologies, like video conferencing and social networks, can connect you to people around the world. This decentralised model can enable global collaboration, but it also needs the support of leaders who recognise the value of an open and honest approach to team brainstorming and discussions. These leaders empower employees to find solutions that work best for everyone.
Autonomy promotes a healthy, productive workplace. It leads to improved time management as employees prioritize tasks and manage their own schedules. It also fosters personal growth, as employees develop and hone skills in a more independent environment. It improves decision-making abilities, as workers can better weigh options without relying on constant guidance and feedback.
Lastly, it can advance Lead Vanguard by creating a workplace where employees feel empowered to take risks. This can include pursuing new opportunities or bringing up ethical concerns that need to be addressed. It can even involve taking a stand for your values, or putting aside personal goals to make a difference.
Ownership of Information
A personal leader wears their heart on their sleeve and interacts closely with team members, seeking feedback and fostering trust. These individuals take an active role in shaping company strategy and direction, often advancing business trends beyond their own departments or industries.
As a member of this leadership style, you value the contributions of others and seek to develop them as individuals and leaders. This type of leader promotes a collaborative and team-focused environment where employees are given autonomy and engagement to drive innovation and growth.
For large enterprises with complex data flows, it may be impractical to assign accountability for all aspects of information. This is where federated data-related accountsabilities come into play, and they can help you advance Lead Vanguard.