Leaders Know When To Change Course
These days, being open to rapid immediate rethinking is what makes organizations competitive.
In the 20th century the favorite expression was: “If it’s not broke don’t fix it.” But in our new century this is no longer the driving idea. Now the expression of the day has become: “If it is not broke, improve it.” The level of change in our work of people, politics, industry and business overall has been and is changing at an ever-increasing rate. So, when everything is working on a consistent basis there can be great stability but that can lead to stagnation. In a highly competitive constantly changing world stagnation will never fly, organizations, teams and people must change of be changed by the changing forces that surround them. There are two sides to the navigational equation for a leader. These are being an innovator and being an effective communicator.
Innovation has always been the key to success in business. In the age of railroads and telegraph things moved slowly but they were undergoing radical changes. The only thing that has changed about change is the rate at which it is now occurring and this will continue to accelerate into the future. Leaders who embrace change of the true leaders of our time and those who resist, question or doubt the need for change as the ones who will be left in the dust of this century. The challenge has become how to convert a team or entire organization from a reliable response enterprise that does things consistently into a rapid response entity that is able to be empowered by change and thereby stay out ahead of the changes.
It is one thing to have some really great new ideas and a whole other to get people to buy into that innovation. That requires a leader who is a great communicator. Innovation goes hand in hand with communication. Communication takes four forms. Listening, Thinking, Speaking and Action. All of these are forms of communication and should be understood by a leader who wants to rally buy-in of their new ideas. Communication involves positioning an idea, presenting it and them pursuing it at every turn. In a sense communication is an integral part of the innovation process because how an idea if communicated will change the shape or it and how the communication is received by an audience will determine the fate of it.
This module includes two eCourses that cover two sides of navigational leadership.
eCourse 4: Leader As Navigator
eSeminar Module 7: Being a Creative Innovator
This eSeminar Module lays out the principles, practices, process and performance attributes that leaders need to embody to become a creative innovator that beings new ideas into existence.
eSeminar Module 8: Being An Engaging Communicator
This eSeminar Module lays out the principles, practices, process and performance attributes that leaders need to embody to become an empowering coach that beings out the best in people.