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Closing the Leadership Gap: A Strategic Imperative for a VUCA World
Across industries and geographies, senior leaders are sensing the same thing: the leadership capability gap is widening.
It’s the gap between the complexity of the world we operate in and the capacity of our leaders to navigate it. It has become a strategic risk, and an opportunity for growth and renewal of a different kind than what we are used to. From where we stand, this is a threshold moment: we can either keep patching yesterday’s model or we can re-architect leadership development for th…
Inflection Points: A Strategic Imperative for Future-Fit Organizations
The world is changing fast. Technological advancements, shifting consumer expectations, and evolving regulations are transforming the business landscape. One of the most critical concepts in making sense of these shifts is the strategic inflection point—a moment where fundamental change becomes inevitable and demands a new approach.
Understanding Inflection Points
As business strategist Rita Gunther McGrath describes in Seeing Around Corners (2019), an inflection point occurs when a shift in t…
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Growing vertically as a leader enables Better Business transformation
Have you heard about Vertical Leadership Development? It goes beyond traditional executive coaching methods and traditional leadership education - and focuses on expanding your mindset. You can learn more on Forbes, in Journal of Values Based Leadership, in Journal of Leadership Education, and in Harvard Business Review.
Why it should be of interest to you? Leaders on a higher level of vertical development have been proven to be considerably more successful in orchestrating organization-wide tr…
To lead in a VUCA world
“Companies operate in an increasingly complex world. Business environments are more diverse, dynamic, and interconnected than ever – and far less predictable.”
- Harvard Business Review
In the midst of the COVID-19 crisis, end of May 2020, I delivered the final lecture to the participants of the one-year Executive Program in Industrial Management at KTH Executive School in Stockholm - for the second consecutive year.
The title of this year's lecture was "To Lead in a V…
How to create clarity in 15 minutes
Many of our clients just have too much going on. Ultimately, this overwhelms the mind, makes thinking cluttered, and creates difficulties in prioritization.
There are however quite a few things you can do to clear your mind – from a good night's sleep to a walk in the woods, to exercise, yoga, and meditation. But what if you don’t have the time – but need to de-clutter your mind right now?
The simple exercise below is a great way to help achieve mental clarity quickly (with credit to Personal…