Managing in Difficult Times

Course details

Tough times separate great leaders from the rest. What do leaders do to manage effectively in difficult times? It's as much about what they do to prepare as it is about how they react. Jan Rutherford introduces important tools for keeping you and your team focused, inspired, and effective during times of change or crisis. Learn how to build self-awareness, achieve clarity and focus, keep innovating despite volatility, and develop a committed team that is resilient in the face of change. He also shares innovative strategies to cut costs, and reframe challenges as opportunities for your team.

Learning objectives
Describe how to review past performance.
List primary features of innovation.
Distinguish teaming from leading.
Identify alternative approaches to cost reductions.
Build self-awareness.
Adopt a growth mindset.
Develop a committed team.
Turn adversity into opportunity.

Concepts

0. Introduction

01 - Leading effectively through difficult times

1. Self-Awareness in Difficult Times

02 - Drivers of change
03 - Looking through your employees' eyes
04 - Assuming responsibility for the new norm
05 - Revisiting past performance

2. Staying Focused in Difficult Times

06 - Investing in meaningful activities
07 - Placing people at the core
08 - Adopting a formal decision-making process

3. Innovating in Difficult Times

09 - Adopting a growth mindset
10 - Eliminating undesirable default conditions
11 - Staging for innovation

4. Developing Team Commitment in Difficult Times

12 - A new take on the balanced scorecard
13 - The cascading strategy map
14 - Making the roster every day
15 - Teaming instead of leading
16 - Alternative approaches to cost reductions

5. Reducing Costs in Difficult Times

17 - Ties that bind - Gluing people to the organization
18 - Rev up operating velocity

6. Responding Positively in Difficult Times

19 - Becoming a change agent
20 - Turning adversity into opportunity
21 - Messaging is a two-way street

Conclusion

22 - Adversity as a tool for learning, growth, and bonding

Managing in Difficult Times

Authors

Jan Rutherford