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Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context

Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context

Overview

Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context, is the thoughtful analysis of nine expert authors from around the globe who put VUCA under the microscope and take the reader on a journey that looks at VUCA from a number of different leadership perspectives. Through their research and writing these nine authors seek to provide sense-making and insights that are combined with practical tips and frameworks to help leadership embrace this new VUCA context and learn how to thrive within it. The book suggests ways in which organizational leadership can seek to develop both the self and the organization to systemically and ethically address VUCA with innovation, collaboration, and cultural intelligence, whilst also effectively managing the self with resilience and flow, and supporting everyone in the organization with effective systems coaching. 
Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context, by the collaboration that engendered it, the innovation and research that supported it, and the teamwork that brought it to completion in the midst of real VUCA moments, models the principles and practices outlined in this excellent book.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781787142435
Publisher: Emerald Publishing Limited
Publication date: 06/30/2017
Pages: 280
Product dimensions: 5.98(w) x 9.02(h) x (d)

About the Author

Madeleine (“Mads”) van der Steege, MA (Soc. Sc.), is a managing editor, award-winning female entrepreneur, business coach, researcher and writer on entrepreneurship, leadership, culture and gender issues. Madeleine comes from a family of entrepreneurs. She was a pioneer in the field of mediation in South Africa and later moved into general management and management assessment, training and development. In 2004 she won the ‘BWA Woman of the Year Regional Entrepreneur’ award. In 2007 she and her family relocated to the Netherlands, where she set up European operations and virtual warehousing for her sister’s Vancouver-based, organic pet food company Cranimals.com. In 2013 she returned to the organization and human development field when she founded Synquity, providing leadership solutions in the EU. She is currently EU representative of TLH Auctioneers and Adjunct Professor, Business & Management Department, Webster University, Leiden. She is a member of the management board of The Bijlmer Project which seeks to empower trafficked women (www.thebijlmerproject.com). Madeleine has been involved with GLI (Global Leadership Initiatives) since its inception. She lives with her husband and three children in a picturesque village in the beautiful flower bulb region of the Netherlands.

Table of Contents

List of Figures xi

List of Tables xv

1 Introduction Madeleine van der Steege 1

Mindset in Vuca

2 Ethical Leadership at the Speed of VUCA Rob Elkington 13

3 Leadership Resilience in a VUCA World Jennifer Moss Breen 39

4 Preparing the Self for Flow-Based Leadership Judith L. Glick-Smith 59

Skillset in Vuca

5 Change Management in a VUCA World Noel J. Pearse 81

6 Innovation: A Necessity, Not Nicety Bettina von Stamm 107

7 Collaboration in a VUCA Environment Fred T. Krawchuk 133

Knowledge-Set in Vuca

8 Mary Parker Follett and Margaret Wheatley, Systems Pioneers in a VUCA World Suzanne Martin 157

9 Cultural Intelligence in a VUCA World Elizabeth A. Tuleja 195

10 Strategic Systems Coaching for Leaders in Turbulent Times Madeleine van der Steege 229

Index 259

What People are Saying About This

John P. Dugan

Visionary Leadership does what so many other books attempt but fail - it captures the dynamic and complex realities of engaging in leadership in a contemporary context. By acknowledging VUCA as inherent in business- and indeed across most disciplines and fields- the authors can offer insights and recommendations that actually make a difference in how we understand and practice leadership

Rob Koonce

As Visionary Business Leadership in a Turbulent World genuinely illustrates, there is nothing certain about operating in today’s ever-changing business domain. This book is a refreshing read with practical insights and applications for helping leaders to navigate its rocky terrain.

Donnette Noble

The nine experts in this book impressively clarify the challenges that leaders face in an increasingly volatile, complex, and ambiguous global environment while at the same time raising critical questions. How can systems-thinking equip leaders to better respond in ambiguous situations? What mindsets transcend relativism and multi-culturalism and how can the gaps in cultural competence be bridged? What capabilities must be developed to successfully guide change? What roles do innovation, collaboration, and resilience play when navigating the twenty-first century landscape? This intriguing book serves as an indispensible guide for leader practitioners as they hone their skills to think strategically and holistically about solutions that are centered on effective leadership practices in a VUCA world.

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