thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MARCH 3, 2022

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 19, 2024

There is friction between globalization and regional autonomy, a conflict between the desire for sustainability and the lure of rapid development, ongoing political uncertainties, and the ever-increasing impact of digital technology. Corporations can navigate economic uncertainties and volatility through digital modeling.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 2, 2013

In times of great uncertainty, we must be leaders. In Leading Through Uncertainty , Ray Davis writes, “Effective leadership is motivating, and it can and should be the energy that propels a company through inevitable waves of change. And a leader that truly cares about their people, their organization and the people they affect.

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Mike Cardus

MARCH 15, 2020

And while the complexity of uncertainty and the unknown, unknowables is increasing, your organization and leadership team will be pressured to makes sense of the challenges and develop some planning steps to make things better. solution-focused process for complexity and uncertainty planning. It’s getting weird out there.

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Leading in Context

JULY 2, 2014

This complexity and uncertainty combine to create a "murky uncertainty" that may keep people from giving us their best, most ethical performance. Ethical Leader Ethical Organization 7 Lenses 7 lenses of ethical leadership business ethics ethical leadership ethics what is ethical leadership'

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CO2

JUNE 12, 2020

In the last few months, the world has been learning devastating lessons from uncertainty. The Cliff of Uncertainty. As a multi-disciplinary partnership, we at CO2 Partners have found Dave Snowden’s Cynefin framework to be helpful in better understanding the operating environment of an organization.

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Let's Grow Leaders

APRIL 1, 2024

And while effective leaders will work to limit the number and frequency of these events, they are inevitable as organizations work to stay relevant in a rapidly changing world. Invest in Clarity with Cascading Checks for Understanding The antidote to uncertainty is clarity. And that helps quell the uncertainty.

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Let's Grow Leaders

AUGUST 10, 2022

In this week’s Asking for a Friend, I talk with Meredith Elliott Powell, Author of Thrive– Turning Uncertainty to a Competitive Advantage. I love her Skeptic model to help your team think through future scenarios for dealing with uncertainty and change. Consider what is happening in the following areas: S-Society.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 24, 2019

The main problem facing organizations is not the pace of change itself but the “ uneven rates of assimilating these technologies into different levels of human organization.” Digital strategy isn’t just thinking of new initiatives that enable organizations to do business in the same way but slightly more efficiently.

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Engaging Leader

SEPTEMBER 15, 2014

The new book The Innovator''s Method: Bringing the Lean Start-up into Your Organization, by Nathan Furr and Jeff Dyer, is a leader’s guide to validating new ideas, refining them, and bringing them to market. Maybe you’ve tried to bring the idea to life, only to have it turn out to be an expensive, time-consuming failure.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 28, 2023

Scott Weiss on straight talk: “Uncertainty has yet to emerge as a higher-order value or behavior that organizations eagerly reward. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives. Here are two ideas for the curious mind to engage with: I.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 26, 2023

Paul Schmitz on the idea that everyone leads: “This does not mean that everyone can lead any effort, organization, or institution, or that one who is a good leader in one context is a good leader in other contexts. I DEAS shared have the power to expand perspectives, change thinking, and move lives.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 23, 2013

In Seeing What Others Don’t , author Gary Klein says that organizations stifle insights because we value predictability and crave perfection. Organizations don’t like errors and try to eradicate them. The actions we take to reduce errors and uncertainty can get in the way of insights. Insight is the opposite of predictable.

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Leading in Context

JUNE 28, 2023

This complexity and uncertainty combine to create a "murky uncertainty" that may keep people from giving us their best, most ethical performance. Leaders may intend to create an ethical culture, but may still have difficulty getting past the murky uncertainty about what ethics means.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 9, 2015

Every organization regardless of size or mission needs a vision of what winning looks like. Without clarity, followers meander aimlessly executing well-intentioned tasks not knowing whether they are truly helping the organization be successful. Widespread uncertainty marks a failure of leadership.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 11, 2024

Understanding the Importance of Proactive Succession Planning Proactive succession planning is pivotal for an organization’s sustainability and long-term growth. Carefully cultivating a pool of able leaders within the organization drastically reduces the risks associated with unexpected vacancies.

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Tanveer Naseer

OCTOBER 18, 2023

“One of the biggest stumbling blocks for organizations is an unwillingness to be brutally honest about the challenges they face.” The rapid pace of change, the on-going uncertainties, even the very nature of the. There’s no question leadership is becoming a more challenging role than it was 5-10 years ago. Click to continue reading

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CO2

JUNE 12, 2020

In the last few months, the world has been learning devastating lessons from uncertainty. He developed Cynefin while at IBM to help decision-makers better understand how to behave based on their assessment of the organization’s environment. The post How to Approach Leading in Times of Uncertainty appeared first on CO2 Coaching.

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N2Growth Blog

APRIL 17, 2024

This stability can be attributed to the specialized nature of the role and the importance of financial continuity in organizations. CEOs tend to be most effective in their first few years, bringing new ideas, energy, and strategic direction to the organization. Organizations can also play a role in improving C-suite tenure.

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Persuasive Powerhouse

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Rather, it’s our resistance to the fundamental uncertainty of our situation. Everywhere you turn, if you observe well, you’ll notice impermanence and uncertainty. You, your team, and your organization resist change. What uncertainties in your life and work do you need to relax into?

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 25, 2024

These leaders can adapt their strategies and thrive in diverse markets by embracing change and uncertainty. In an increasingly interconnected world, international coaching is an influential tool organizations can leverage to expand their global networks and drive success in today’s global business environment.

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Leading Blog

MAY 12, 2021

A S WE finally start to see the light at the end of the tunnel of the catastrophic COVID-19 pandemic, many business leaders are looking for ways to better anticipate future disruptions and prepare for uncertainty ahead. Scenarios provide longer-term, multiple futures based on unknown risks and uncertainties (e.g., the results of a U.S.

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CEO Insider

AUGUST 4, 2023

A recent report confirms that the public trusts businesses more than the government or media even amid economic uncertainty. This gives leaders the chance to stand out by highlighting their organizations’ purposes. Copyright CEOWORLD magazine 2023.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 18, 2021

As you look into the future of work and your workplace, there is plenty of uncertainty. Big external factors have always impacted our organizations and the context of our work, but never has it seemed as obvious and […]. When things are uncertain, we don’t feel like we have much control of events and the future.

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leaderCommunicator

APRIL 16, 2024

There are a whole range of issues, including the lingering disruption brought on by a global pandemic, economic pressures, social and political unrest, uncertainty about the world economy, and violence in the Middle East, Russia, and Ukraine. Some have described it as employees feeling a constant crisis.

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Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 29, 2021

6:05 – The anxiety of navigating through fog and uncertainty. 47:21 – The role of anti-fragility – how to make you, your team, and your organization more resistant to bumps and disruptions. Leading Through Disruption. 2:00 – Early leadership lessons being “born” into the global travel industry.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 8, 2021

As you looked at the future for your industry, your organization, your work, and your workplace, you saw lots of changes and uncertainty ahead. Put yourself in a time machine and dial it back two years. Plenty was being written and spoken about how fast change was happening and how to cope with it. Now […].

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Kevin Eikenberry

JULY 24, 2022

Perhaps the biggest challenge facing many organizations today relates to the return to office. Whether you have made decisions and implemented them or not, the uncertainty surrounding the Return to Office is justified and understandable. There are a ton of emotions, opinions, and anxiety about these plans.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 17, 2023

Effective leaders communicate who they are and move the whole organization. The genius of leadership is to speak with a voice that pushes past cynicism, doubt, and uncertainty. We need to create a communication plan for the organization, and each leader needs to plan to communicate. The same is true of the other channels.

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N2Growth Blog

JANUARY 23, 2024

These values stand as the bedrock, guiding employee actions and serving as the compass propelling the organization forward in the highly volatile business landscape of the 21st century. Each engagement is designed uniquely according to the organization’s specific needs and the individual’s distinct attributes.

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Leading in Context

DECEMBER 9, 2020

By Linda Fisher Thornton Due to the uncertainty and constant change we're experiencing during the pandemic, every organization should be considering how to adapt to multiple COVID-19 scenarios. Global futurists have already provided us with a variety of possible global scenarios to use in our planning.

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Eric Jacobson

MARCH 12, 2024

“Uncertainty is here to stay. Homkes: Growth through uncertainty is a loop, not a line. To elaborate on the three modes: The Survive, Reset, Thrive mode consists of three, interconnected modes, which involve : Survive : Proactive stabilization of the organization. In uncertainty those assumptions are usually wrong.

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Lead from Within

APRIL 3, 2024

Lack of Adaptability: CEOs who are rigid and unwilling to adapt to changing circumstances can hinder their organizations’ growth. Poor Communication: Ineffective communication can lead to misunderstandings and misalignment within the organization. Successful CEOs remain agile and open to new strategies and ideas.

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Skip Prichard

DECEMBER 16, 2021

Fear can grip individuals and organizations. Two experts on business transformations, Gaurav Bhatnagar and Mark Minukas, have written Unfear: Transform your Organization to Create Breakthrough Performance and Wellbeing. No organization is ever completely free of fear. Why does fear so easily overtake an organization?

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Leading in Context

AUGUST 4, 2021

By Linda Fisher Thornton Leadership has entered a new realm, leaving the space of knowns and certainties (which was an illusion anyway) and entering the space of deep uncertainty, blurred lines and sliding scales. What it takes to succeed as a leader in this new realm is completely different from the leadership of ages past.

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Tanveer Naseer

MARCH 26, 2013

There’s been a lot discussion lately on the merits of telecommuting, in terms of fostering teamwork and innovation among disparate employees in an organization. These purpose-driven organizations don’t care about what their competition is doing because they don’t need to rely on others to define the value of what they do.

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Six Disciplines

NOVEMBER 7, 2014

During times of economic uncertainty, strategy refinement and execution need to become the top priority for business leaders. SWOT analysis groups key pieces of information into two main categories: Internal factors - The strengths and weaknesses internal to the organization. Tough times require tough decisions. How to start?

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