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Master Complexity: Leadership Insights
In today’s business environment, complexity is often treated as a problem to solve with more analysis, more data, and more control. Yet the most effective leaders seem to possess a different capability: they sense what the situation requires before it…
Read MoreHow to Spot (a lack of) Team Alignment by Observing Its Decision-Making Process
Successful teams take decisions as one. They find sound solutions and build successful execution because team members ‘own’ decisions as if they were their own. But reaching and maintaining this state takes conscious effort. Even the best teams can find…
Read MoreHow to Spot (a Lack of) Alignment during Team Meetings
Successful teams act out of a common focus, a sense of direction, and team members ‘own’ decisions as if they were their own. But reaching and maintaining this state takes conscious effort. Even in the best teams team members can…
Read MoreBuilding Successful Teams by Reaching Beyond Agreement
Successful teams are not interested in trying to find out ‘who is right’ and ‘who is wrong’. They are not really keen on reaching ‘agreement’. They aim for more. Why? Because they understand that people are complex creatures. We all…
Read MoreBuilding Successful Teams by Making Sure you are Communicating on the Same Scale
Team meetings often go wrong when we communicate on different scales without being aware of it. Successful teams recognize this and by doing so they prevent time consuming and exhausting discussions. “If you drive to, say, Shenandoah National Park, or…
Read More‘This too shall pass’ said Lincoln, and What it Means for Leadership Today
For leaders in today’s unpredictable world this quote of Abraham Lincoln is very relevant. Let’s take a closer look at what it means. When the British still had an Empire (ruled by Queen Victoria) and a weak China was forced…
Read MoreLooking Back on Last Week’s Trip to Hyderabad
I just returned from a trip to Hyderabad (visiting my Indian colleagues and teams that work on the corporate transformation program I’m leading for a European retail company) when I came across an interview with Google CEO Sundar Pichai. He…
Read MoreThriving in Disruptive Times: How Benjamin Franklin Nailed it.
Benjamin Franklin’s example shows how self-cultivation can be a smart strategy for leaders determined to survive and thrive in disruptive times. Looking back on a recent trip to Philadelphia (费城), the city where the USA was born, two things made…
Read MoreCan Resilience be Taught?
In these time of relentless technological and business change, resilience is starting to receive renewed attention, and is climbing higher on the leadership agenda. Resilience encompasses the ability to recover quickly from setbacks, to respond positively to change, to see…
Read MoreThis Year’s 5 Most Read Articles on Leading Complex Change
Find here the top 5 most read articles on leading complex change and cross-cultural collaboration on LeadershipWatch in 2017. Enjoy! 1) Organizational Alignment: The Power of Cross-Organizational Networks What will the organizations of tomorrow look like? Will they still hold…
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