Counterintuitive Leadership Strategies for a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) Environment
58mAdvanced2019-08-13
Authors
Sara Canaday
Leadership Development Expert, Speaker, and Author
Course details
Learn how to use counterintuitive leadership strategies to meet the demands of a VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous) environment that is digitally overwhelmed and moving at an unprecedented pace. In this course, leadership expert Sara Canaday teaches the value of moving beyond your attachment to the practices and habits that may no longer be serving you. Discover new methods that you can put to use immediately to make your work more meaningful and manageable.
Learning objectives
Adopting the strategic pause
Disrupting your thinking
Balancing hard data with soft intelligence
Reevaluating your to-do list
Communicating to influence and engage
Approaching challenges as a novice
Blazing new trails
Conquering the chaos
Enduring leadership attributes
Learning objectives
Adopting the strategic pause
Disrupting your thinking
Balancing hard data with soft intelligence
Reevaluating your to-do list
Communicating to influence and engage
Approaching challenges as a novice
Blazing new trails
Conquering the chaos
Enduring leadership attributes
Skills covered
Organizational LeadershipLeadership and ManagementDeep Dive (X:Y)
Concepts
0. Introduction
- 01 - Disrupt your own way of working and thinking
- 02 - Equipping yourself for a new leadership landscape
1. Adopt the Strategic Pause
- 03 - Myth of motion
- 04 - Case in point - The corporate leadership retreat
2. Disrupt Your Thinking
- 05 - The prison of perspectives
- 06 - Case in point - The museum at the Rhode Island School of Design
3. Embrace Soft Intelligence
- 07 - The addiction to hard data
- 08 - Case in point - Nokia
4. Reevaluate Your To-Do List
- 09 - The rut of routines
- 10 - Case in point - Nabob Foods Limited
5. Communicate to Influence
- 11 - The obsession with informing
- 12 - Case in point - The venture capital presentation
6. Approach Challenges as a Novice
- 13 - The trap of expertise
- 14 - Case in point - Martial arts
7. Blaze New Trails
- 15 - The chains of best practices
- 16 - Case in point - Capital One bank
8. Maintain Timeless Principles
- 17 - The power of enduring practices
9. Conquer the Chaos
- 18 - New strategies for success
Conclusion
- 19 - Next steps