Overview : "Leading in a VUCA World" helps participants learn the skills, behaviors and best practices to improve their leadership effectiveness in times of rapid change, unpredictable outcomes, intricate marketplace dynamics and fuzzy intelligence. "Leading in a VUCA World" is targeted at strategic-level leaders in all organizational roles. Its intent is to enhance leaders competencies to build an environment that enables people to deal effectively with rapid change, technological and market turbulence, and stimulate people to be at their creative best in managing the discontinuous demands for innovation, anticipation and flexibility. Participants will be introduced to models and tools to: Understand the Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous conditions in which we operate and the capabilities to thrive in those conditions Learn proven models and tools to cut through the myths and misconceptions that often surround concepts such as "change", "creativity" and "innovation" Value the full range of creativity and leverage the continuum of innovation Learn how to create a Climate for Innovation that nurtures the creativity and innovation of their organization Mr. Zeisler will draw on examples from his twenty years of consulting in leadership, change and innovation with companies and government institutions around the world as well as from lessons learned at the War College to make "Leading in a VUCA World" a significant learning event for everyone. Why should you attend: Regardless of where you lead - in corporations, non-profits, government - you face four increasingly precarious and unfamiliar conditions: Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. Dealing effectively with VUCA is the essence of strategic leadership. Recognizing VUCA's potential impacts on people; gaining insights on the neuroscience change; getting clear about where you are going and communicating that story; developing an agile and innovative organization that can make sense of the ambiguities and respond effectively are the keys to superior leadership in these conditions. Areas Covered in the Session: Understanding the Dynamics of Change and Perception The Importance of the Leadership Story Sense-Making in a Complex World Innovative, Change-Ready Organizations Who Will Benefit: Executive and Senior Leadership (GM, VP) Senior Manager (Division/Regional Manager) Change Leaders Steve Zeisler is the founder and director of Zeisler Associates, Inc. a consulting and development company. For two decades he has helped leaders around the world unleash their organizations’ potential worth hundreds of millions of dollars in product, process, service and business innovations and move to distinguished levels of performance and success. Mr. Zeisler has led a startup business within a Fortune 20 company, served in consultant and executive coaching roles, has developed strategic and creative thinking seminars, innovative software, has written numerous articles on innovation and leadership published in journals worldwide and, in 2005, co-authored the book “The Manager’s Handbook for Virtual Teams”. Zeisler Associates, Inc. client list includes such diverse companies as Astra-Zeneca, Alcoa, British Airways, Cargill, Dow Chemical, Estée Lauder, FedEx, Marriott, Nestlé, Nationwide, Solvay Pharmaceuticals, the US Air Force, Valero Energy and Xerox. In the past 12 months his international work has taken him from Seoul to Sydney, Paris to Johannesburg, Shanghai to London, and Singapore to Toronto. In addition to his consulting work, Mr. Zeisler has served as faculty member, seminar leader or guest lecturer at many corporate learning institutions, government agencies and universities throughout the world including those of US Army War College, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, Howard University, Oxford, Penn State, Rutgers, the University of Melbourne and the University of Washington.
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