As the pandemic creates uncertainty across the globe, business leaders need to re-evaluate how 21st century leadership will create sustainable and successful organisations. This book is about integrating people, purpose and positive energy into a powerful force and describes the unique Discovery Prism(c) framework to facilitate this transformation.
This manual by Helen Battersby and Anne Stenbom offers a few additions to their 2019 work, The Discovery Prism, and sets up a framework for leading in crisis and managing change. The metaphoric prism has three “lenses” – “purpose and core values” (why and how), “mission and stakeholders” (what and who), and “vision” (where and when). The lenses’ intersection reveals your company’s “promises, strategy and legacy.” The prism’s energy helps firms become resilient and sustainable amid transformational change. And, the authors hint tantalizingly, they’ll also be stronger in the face of challenges like the coronavirus. While the authors’ advice is sound, note that they wrote the bulk of the book prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. This officially licensed summary of Leadership Through COVID-19 and Beyond was produced by getAbstract, the world's largest provider of book summaries. getAbstract works with hundreds of the best publishers to find and summarize the most relevant content out there. Find out more at getabstract.com.
The COVID-19 pandemic has permanently changed lives around the world and no dimension of life and leadership seems to have been spared from its wrath. It has also stirred us into thinking about novel approaches to lead organizations and societies toward a shared, sustainable future. This book offers novel perspectives on leadership and change management after the COVID-19 pandemic that take us beyond striving for thriving—perspectives that are grounded in emergent theory, research and practice. It highlights sustainable leadership and change management strategies to effectively deal with unpredictable and rapidly changing situations—particularly in a world that is increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA). This book also highlights engaging perspectives by specialists from different disciplines such as business, psychology, education, and health care. It serves as a practical guide in identifying and responding to leadership challenges and opportunities in each of the four VUCA categories of volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity—and how they affect businesses, organizations, and societies as a whole.
Great is no longer good enough. Beyond Great delivers a powerful new playbook of 9 core strategies to thrive in a post-COVID world where all the rules of the game are being re-written. Beyond Great answers to two fundamental questions which face business leaders today in a world shaped by daunting and disruptive technological, economic, and social change. First, what is outstanding performance in this new volatile era? Second, how do we build competitive advantage in a world with new and often uncertain rules? Supported by years of research and hands-on consulting practice, this book presents a comprehensive framework for building a high performing, resilient, adaptive, and socially responsible global company. The book begins by taking an incisive look at these disruptive forces transforming globalization, including economic nationalism; the boom in data flows and digital commerce; the rise of China; heightened public concerns about capitalism and the environment; and the emergence of borderless communities of digitally connected consumers. Distilled from the study of hundreds of companies and interviews with dozens of business leaders, the authors have distilled nine core strategies – the new winning playbook of the 21st century. Beyond Great argues that business leaders today must lead with a new kind of openness, flexibility and light-footedness, constantly layering in new strategies and operational norms atop existing ones to allow for "always-on" transformation. Leaders must master a whole new set of rules about what it takes to be "global," becoming shapeshifters adept at handling contradiction, multiplicity, and nuance. This book will show them how.
Managing Organisations During the COVID-19 Vortex is a comprehensive book to help leaders navigate their organisation through the Coronavirus crisis. From managing day-to-day practicalities, to scenario planning and sense-making, this book offers guidelines from over 20 leading experts to help executives deal with their most pressing challenges:- How to manage uncertainty and complexity - Leadership excellence in the COVID-19 crisis- Promoting mental wellness in the workplace- Sense-making for better decision-making in a crisis- Effective crisis communication- Economic and social scenarios- Business contingency planning during COVID-19- Retaining resilience in chaotic conditions- How to navigate lockdowns with certainty- Best practices for managing virtual workers- The legal implications of COVID-19 for employers- And more!This book is essential reading for any executive who is grappling with how to deal with the complexity, uncertainty and unpredictability of this vortex. Trusted, bold and courageous leadership is required to navigate this crisis. Managing Organisations During the COVID-19 Vortex will give leaders the context, tools, guidelines and perseverance needed to face this crisis head-on and lead their organisations into a future beyond the Coronavirus.Key chapters include:- Black swans and the butterfly effect: The keys to understanding COVID-19 - COVID-19: Economic and social impact - Managing uncertainty, complexity and chaos in a crisis vortex- Sense-making for decision-making: A futures thinking perspective for executives in times of crisis - Revisiting, reframing, resetting and re-starting: Navigate crisis lockdowns- Crisis leadership excellence: Navigating in, beyond and through a crisis - Leadership in a time of crises: A challenge for the middle- Business continuity planning during a pandemic: Coronavirus 2020 - Crisis communication: Lessons learned from a pandemic- Remaining resilient in traumatic and chaotic conditions- Promoting personal and workplace mental health in the age of COVID-19- Stress: Manage it and build resilience- Virtual working practices - Tencent responding to the coronavirus- Coronavirus in a fractured democracy- The coronavirus vortex: Employment - The coronavirus: Implications for employers- The day after COVID-19
"Managing Organisations During the Covid-19 Vortex is a comprehensive book to help leaders navigate their organisation through the Coronavirus crisis. From managing day-to-day practicalities, to scenario planning and sense-making, this book offers guidelines from over 20 leading experts to help executives deal their most pressing challenges."--Publisher's description.
This book considers the idea that existing leadership theories have arisen as a result of significant disruption in work structure. The authors argue that the Covid-19 pandemic provided such a disruption and an opportunity to reconceptualise leadership. In order to capture this opportunity and conceptualise new leadership theories, it is first necessary to understand what happened in the past, during the pandemic, and examine the future of work. Addressing three critical issues in leadership, the authors firstly present a framework that helps us understand and enact leadership in the 'new normal.' Parts 1 and 2 of the book address the past and current forms of leadership in the context of COVID-19. The book goes on to consider the lessons learned from COVID-19 in the context of the U.N Sustainability Development Goals (SDGs). The targets of SDGs 7 - 17 refer to the need for organisations to operate responsibly; they call for organisations to review their operations processes and to define effective performance using triple-bottom-line measures comprising economic, social and environmental measures. Since leadership plays a significant role in achieving these goals, the book includes chapters on efficiency in process design and operation, definition and implementation of the triple-bottom-line measures and ethical behaviours. Finally, the book explores how the current process of leadership development falls short in today's context and calls for the need to develop effective leadership mindsets. Dr Okechukwu Amah is a full-time faculty member at Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University where he facilitates sessions in organizational behavior and human resources management. He is the author of "Globalization and Leadership in Africa: Developments and Challenges for the Future.(Palgrave Macmillan, 2019) and 'Work-Life Integration in Africa,' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021). Dr Marvel Ogah, PhD, is a full-time faculty member at Lagos Business School, Pan-Atlantic University where he facilitates sessions in operations and supply chain management; his area of expertise is lean and behavioral operations. He is the co-author of 'Work-Life Integration in Africa,' (Palgrave Macmillan, 2021).
"The ongoing COVID-19 pandemic marks the most significant, singular global disruption since World War II, with health, economic, political, and security implications that will ripple for years to come." -Global Trends 2040 (2021) Global Trends 2040-A More Contested World (2021), released by the US National Intelligence Council, is the latest report in its series of reports starting in 1997 about megatrends and the world's future. This report, strongly influenced by the COVID-19 pandemic, paints a bleak picture of the future and describes a contested, fragmented and turbulent world. It specifically discusses the four main trends that will shape tomorrow's world: - Demographics-by 2040, 1.4 billion people will be added mostly in Africa and South Asia. - Economics-increased government debt and concentrated economic power will escalate problems for the poor and middleclass. - Climate-a hotter world will increase water, food, and health insecurity. - Technology-the emergence of new technologies could both solve and cause problems for human life. Students of trends, policymakers, entrepreneurs, academics, journalists and anyone eager for a glimpse into the next decades, will find this report, with colored graphs, essential reading.
Leadership in today's organizations is a tough business. Organizational leaders face a number of challenges as their jobs, and the world around them, become increasingly complex. Trends, such as organizational "delayering," rapid technological advances, and increased employee empowerment require that leaders adapt their techniques and styles of leadership to meet these new challenges. Consequently, there has been an explosion of interest in leadership in recent years as researchers and management educators struggle to understand the process of leadership development, how it operates, and what characteristics make effective leaders. Born of these questions, the 11th Annual Kravis-de Roulet Leadership Conference at Claremont McKenna College brought together an impressive slate of scholars whose theories, research, and cutting-edge techniques are now gathered together in this impressive volume. Each chapter asks and answers questions about the current state of the field while providing future direction for research to help bridge the gap between leadership researchers and leadership development practitioners. Notable topics include chapters on "e-leadership" and leadership within the "virtual" organization, exploring 360-degree feedback, the importance of "social capital," and a comprehensive analysis of the well-researched theory of Leader Member Exchange.
Effective leaders make a difference, and they leave legacies. People remember their leaders: how they made them feel, positive changes they shepherded, and capabilities they helped develop in others. Some imprints are healthy, some less so. In this groundbreaking work, you will discover how making your legacy intentional can strengthen much-needed leadership in twenty-first century organizational life. Les Wallace and Jim Trinka combine years of experience in leadership development to bring you a unique guide to improving your organization. Over the years, they have reached thousands at universities, in the government, in the military, in law enforcement, in healthcare, and in private and international sectors. Since organizational leadership trends have shifted significantly in the last few decades, Wallace and Trinka encourage you to think differently about leadership and what your organization may need from you. A Legacy of 21st Century Leadership is a reflective journey of leadership, learning, and legacy in your organization. Tapping into the most recent research on leadership competencies, Wallace and Trinka challenge you to effectively manage your leadership legacies. It's a journey worth taking and will give you a fresh perspective and renewed enthusiasm for leading your organization onward! "A unique, thought-provoking resource for potential leaders as well as experienced leaders who are committed to continuous growth and development." William E. Rosenbach, PhD Evans Professor of Eisenhower Leadership Studies Gettysburg College
