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Recommendations for increasing our capacity to lead in complexity: Start with Self-Leadership
Both of us are keenly aware of leaders' need to dramatically increase their capacity for complexity. We have invested significant time researching, studying, and teaching leading-edge theories and practices that facilitate more strategic thinking. We’ve also coached leaders facing VUCA–volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity, and consulted with global organizations facing unprecedented change. We want to share our thoughts and pragmatic recommendations.
Executive Leadership Strategies When Volatility is the New Normal
Consider this. Economic pundits have declared that volatility is the New Normal. Markets are fluctuating wildly day to day. Executive officers, guiding their companies, are afloat in a sea of uncertainty. Investors generally take fewer risks during volatile times. It takes guts to invest when the downside may be greater than the upside. It also takes courage to make major business decisions.
The “C” in VUCA—Coping with Complexity
Nearly twenty years ago, I was working for Wilson Learning, an international human resource development firm. In my first role as a Consultant, it was my job to understand our national clients and the business environment in which they operated. In the late 1980’s, I was attending a meeting of consultants in Eden Prairie, Minnesota. One of our consulting colleagues from the east coast commented that an emerging theme was the globalization of American corporations.