Vigilant Leadership – Strategies For Visionary Leaders

What you'll learn
How vigilant leadership helps organizations learn from the past and anticipate the future
The qualities of a vigilant leader and how they differ from operationally minded managers
Several tools and graphic aids that can help identify trends, gain insight, and prepare for future challenges
How to separate signals from noise and spot future trends that will affect your organizaiton
Requirements
There are no prerequisites for this course although a general level of business knowledge will be an asset
Description
Business textbooks are filled with examples of once great companies that have faded into obscurity because they "missed the boat" on a great opportunity or were "blindsided" by a threat they didn't envision. Vigilant Leadership is a mindset and way of thinking that empowers executives to learn from the past, understand the present, and anticipate future threats and opportunities facing their organization. Although nobody can predict the future, vigilant leaders use a heightened sense of awareness and curiosity to give them the best chance of anticipating possible future outcomes. In this course you will learnThe qualities of vigilant leaders and how they differ from traditional operational leadershipSeveral methods for identifying threats and opportunities for an organization Examples for gathering weak signals of future trends in the external environmentPreparing for the future and paying attention to potential sources of changeLearning how to reduce the amount of uncertainty about the futureAs the world continues to change at a rapid pace, it is crucial that leaders of all levels have a vigilant mindset to help them spot trends, opportunities, and threats so that they can proactively devise solutions as opposed to waiting to passively react to changing circumstances. This course will not teach you to predict the future, but it will give you tools and a way of thinking that will prepare you for the uncertain world that modern leaders face.
Overview
Section 1: Introduction
Lecture 1 Introduction
Lecture 2 Why Organizations Get Surprised
Lecture 3 Vigilant vs Operational Leadership
Lecture 4 Qualities of Vigilant Leaders
Lecture 5 Past, Present, and Future Model of Vigilance
Lecture 6 Cone of Uncertainty
Lecture 7 Web of Implications
Lecture 8 Where To Spot Trends
Lecture 9 Back-casting
Lecture 10 Bringing It All Together - A Model for Action
Lecture 11 Course Exit
This is for leaders at all levels who want to better understnd how to be more vigilant, adaptive, and ready for the threats and opportunities that may face their organization.


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