Let's Grow Leaders

OCTOBER 7, 2022

Complexity and uncertainty mean unpredictable business outcomes, yet decisions are made based on assumptions of certainty that don’t include the interdependence and emergence of your employees, customers, supply chain, and eventually, success. Leading in Complexity and Uncertainty. 21:14 Complexity is the reality. Get the Book.

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Kevin Eikenberry

AUGUST 8, 2022

I’m naming uncertainty as the Word of Year now. The post The Word of the Year is Uncertainty. Time Magazine famously names a Person of the Year in December. We don’t even have to wait. I know, the future is always uncertain – the only time we have 20/20 vision is looking backwards.

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Let's Grow Leaders

DECEMBER 17, 2021

“Karin, there’s so much uncertainty these days. The post How to Empower Your Team During Times of Uncertainty (Video) appeared first on Let's Grow Leaders. Start here to empower your team, even when you don’t have all the answers. I feel like I’m caught in a constant wait-and-see sea of indecision.

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Eric Jacobson

OCTOBER 6, 2023

You can acquire this essential skill, too,” explain Matt Watkinson and Csaba Konkoly , authors of the book, Mastering Uncertainty. Part 3 provides a deep dive into launching, growing and managing organizations that thrive on uncertainty. Part 1 covers the element of chance. Part 2 discusses how to create your own luck.

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Lead Change Blog

SEPTEMBER 10, 2020

That’s a long time to live with the uncertainty of not knowing. Our brains perceive uncertainty as a threat. For me, both the pandemic and a medical condition were kicking me in the pants, urging me to let go of certainty and embrace the tension of uncertainty. The most precious thing in life is its uncertainty.”

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Leadership Freak

MAY 8, 2023

Uncertainty is as certain as a sunrise. Use uncertainty. Vitality is uncommon. Vitality is energy to thrive in difficulty. 4 Ways leaders instill vitality: #1. You give power to things you resist. Ignoring… Continue reading →

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Kevin Eikenberry

SEPTEMBER 26, 2021

The post Overcoming the Uncertainties of the Future of Work appeared first on Kevin Eikenberry on Leadership & Learning. If that future looks murky, uncomfortable, or scary, you are not alone. And if you are looking not just for yourself but for your team or […].

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Lead from Within

DECEMBER 29, 2020

I find that it’s especially helpful in times of struggle, difficulty and uncertainty—which makes it perfect for the world today. Everything can be taken from us, including all our freedoms, and in times of uncertainty it’s easy to feel that we have no options. These words say so much. But we always have a choice.

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The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 1, 2022

Uncertainty can be something most of us do our best to avoid. Indeed, the considerable uncertainty caused by both the Covid pandemic and the war in Ukraine has widely been linked with a significant increase in stress. Research earlier this year from Cambridge University highlights how uncertainty can diminish our decision-making.

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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

You wouldn’t choose uncertainty, but the Rolling Stones were right. Successful leaders find advantage in uncertainty. 7 advantages of uncertainty: #1. Uncertainty is opportunity… Continue reading → You can’t always get what you want. Develops character.

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Leading Blog

JULY 17, 2020

That’s until I picked up the book Radical Uncertainty , a guide to improving your decision-making beyond numbers. Radical Uncertainty argues that there is an overall mistake embedded in models: they all begin by considering how you might make a decision if you have complete and perfect knowledge of the world.

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CO2

DECEMBER 19, 2023

Introduction: The business world is in constant flux, with CEOs grappling with a myriad of uncertainties, from economic upheavals to geopolitical shifts. In the face of uncertainty, innovative solutions become the beacon, guiding businesses towards previously uncharted territories.

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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2016

A few thoughts about uncertainty … People talk a lot these days about uncertainty with regard to our shared economic, political, cultural, and personal futures. Uncertainty within our memories of times past is often absent or downplayed. “Exploring the unknown requires tolerating uncertainty.”

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Great Leadership By Dan

AUGUST 13, 2020

Not knowing we’d be where we ended up six months later, I wrote a new chapter to Relax, It’s Only Uncertainty in September thinking it was time to re-release the title, after 19 years. This work also resulted in The Ambiguity Architect, a 360 to assess a person’s ability to tolerate or master uncertainty. White, PhD.,

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Leadership Freak

JUNE 21, 2018

Uncertainty finds comfort in nostalgia. Those who run from ambiguity and uncertainty are bound to repeat the past. Uncertainty and humility: The higher you go in organizational life, the lower your tolerance for… Continue reading →

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Leadership Freak

APRIL 17, 2020

Uncertainty invites anxiety, second-guessing, rethinking, and delay. Decisions always include multiple options and uncertainty. A Leadership Freak reader asked me to explain, “Go with your highest point of clarity.” If everything is clear,… Continue reading →

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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. Leading through uncertainty means leading with the truth. People can handle the truth.

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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. The post How To Lead In Uncertainty appeared first on CO2 Partners. It comes at a grave cost of life, health, wealth, and psychological wellbeing.

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Leading in Context

OCTOBER 23, 2024

This complexity and uncertainty combine to create a “murky uncertainty” that may keep people from giving us their best, most ethical performance. By Linda Fisher Thornton Workplace issues are complex and opinions vary about the right thing to do in challenging situations.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 21, 2024

Wendy Smith and Marianne Lewis on the need for both/and thinking: “Uncertainty alone does not trigger a defensive reaction. Uncertainty can be beneficial or detrimental. The different reactions to uncertainty depend on our level of threat. Greater threat drives us to respond to uncertainty with a more closed, narrow focus.

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Kate Nasser

AUGUST 1, 2021

How to overcome your leadership uncertainty about terminating employee w/ horrible people skills. The post Leadership Uncertainty: How to See Truth About Employee People Skills appeared first on KateNasser.com. Kate Nasser, The People Skills Coach™, Author, Leading Morale.

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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. By Linda Fisher Thornton Workplace issues are complex and opinions vary about the right thing to do in challenging situations.

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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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Leadership Freak

NOVEMBER 20, 2024

Lack and uncertainty are growth opportunities. Pulling back means no growth. Push through. Your dreams require growth. Vision gives value of the struggle. Stretch in ways that fulfill your vision. Growth points come disguised as untested skills, awkward opportunities, and uncomfortable situations.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2011

We don’t like uncertainty. But innovation creates uncertainty. In other words, our aversion to uncertainty means we find it difficult to even recognize a creative idea when we see it, focused as we are on removing the risky, uncomfortable strain on the status quo. Innovation creates uncertainty. It’s not comfortable.

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The Horizons Tracker

JUNE 30, 2020

For instance, new research from the University of Michigan highlights how engaging in even a short period of improv can help us handle uncertainty more effectively. Dealing with uncertainty. The results found that only those in the improv group experienced enhanced emotions and comfort with uncertainty.

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CEO Insider

FEBRUARY 23, 2022

The post How to leverage uncertainty to your team’s advantage appeared first on CEOWORLD magazine. In a survey I conducted of 190 leaders last December, a whopping 83% of respondents said that what they were most looking forward to over the holidays was a break from work and the opportunity to spend time with family. And it’s no surprise.

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Chartered Management Institute

MAY 31, 2023

The post How to develop an effective strategy that works, even during uncertainty appeared first on CMI. Learn more about our membership benefits Join The Community CMI offers a variety of flexible membership solutions, tailored to your needs. Find out more and get involved in the CMI community today.

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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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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 2, 2022

The authors explain that we tend to deploy one of two strategies when we encounter uncertainty. It has often been argued that when we face uncertainty, it’s best to try and alternate between these two approaches. Handling uncertainty. This meant that they changed their choices more often than those without OCD.

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Leading in Context

OCTOBER 30, 2024

This combination creates a kind of “murky uncertainty” that keeps leaders from giving us their best, most ethical performance. By Linda Fisher Thornton Dialogue is a powerful tool for developing ethical organizations. Workplace issues are complex and opinions vary about what ethical leadership means.

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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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Lead Change Blog

FEBRUARY 8, 2016

Uncertainty. I wouldn’t say I had a fear of uncertainty. My first hard lesson of adulthood, i.e. expect one uncertainty after another. Challenge uncertainty with anticipation and planning. After surviving the cut I knew I didn’t want to feel that type of uncertainty again. I said yes. Take care of yourself.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

MARCH 3, 2022

Our reader poll today asks: How comfortable is your organization with making decisions in the face of uncertainty? Read the rest of this post at thoughtLEADERS, LLC: Leadership Training for the Real World. This is only the beginning of the thought. Please click the article headline above or go to [link] for more.

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The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 19, 2020

New research from Caltech and Yale highlights how uncertainty in our life also affects our ability to assess financial risks. There is always other risk and other uncertainties that you are facing at the same time.” “An old idea we build on is that you should not look at small odds in isolation,” the researchers say.

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thoughtLEADERS, LLC

DECEMBER 9, 2021

Our reader poll today asks: How do you handle making decisions during times of uncertainty? I wait until the uncertainty is resolved, then make my decision 0.80% I proceed cautiously and gather as much info as I can before deciding 40.96% I make a decision based on the best info I have, then adjust and react later 58.24% A caution on caution.

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