Leadership Development - we need to start focusing on CONTEXT and THINKING. There is enough content focus already ;)

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Leaders Unprepared?
How we got
here…
What to do…

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How we got here…

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Types of Business Challenges
Obvious Complicated
Complex Chaotic

4. © Copyright 2019SOURCE | DDI Global Leadership Forecast 2018
Country
% high-quality
leadership
% strong
future bench
ASEAN 42 22
China 41 6
Europe 33 13
India 54 19
Mexico 51 29
US 50 14
Industry
% high-quality
leadership
% strong
future bench
Automotive 44 21
Banking 45 11
Energy/Utilities 54 22
Healthcare 42 5
Manufacturing 35 5
Technology 41 12
Leadership Quality

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Skill Thinking
Over emphasize
~95% of leadership curriculum
Under emphasize
< 5% of leadership curriculum
SOURCE | McKinsey Why Leadership Development Programs Fail 2014
Why Development Fails

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SKILL DEVELOPMENT
What you know:
• Knowledge
• Skills
• Competencies
• Emotional regulation

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We know that effectiveness is more than
knowledge, skills, and abilities……

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When we experience the
world as “too complex”
we are not just
experiencing the
complexity of the world.
We are experiencing a
mismatch between the
world’s complexity and
our own at this moment.
– Robert Kegan

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How you think:
• Thinking capabilities
• Ability to handle
complexity
THINKINGDEVELOPMENT

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1. Outside Complexity
Volatility
Uncertainty
Complexity
Ambiguity
Stability
Certainty
Simplicity
Clarity
2. Inside Complexity (Thinking)
Low High

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Thinking Capabilities…
SOURCE | Adapted from Simple Habits for Complex Times
HighLow
EARLY
Nothing can be
done
Who is to blame
MIDDLE
Right experts
can fix
Processes as
neat as possible
LATER
Make use of VUCA,
don’t wish away
Nuanced decision
criteria
ADVANCED
Recognizing
patterns
Whole is made
up of opposites

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SOURCE | Adapted from Lectica and Developmental Testing Service

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Conditions to spark
thinking development
Measurement of thinking
development
Both?
What to do…