Leadership Development
We used to think about leadership as a set of static best practices and skills that could be mastered and implemented. Many leaders and leadership consultants, however, are now talking about a condition that Peter Vaill first identified nearly twenty years ago: “permanent white water.” Even as the rapids of the economic crisis have been navigated, so many challenges remain: intensifying global competition, scarce resources, skyrocketing energy costs, rapid technological evolution, climate change, complex partnerships and political instability, to name just a few.
Employees, stakeholders and shareholders cry for direction in a world where the way forward is neither obvious nor simple. Leaders in the new world must embrace a leadership style that is both adaptive and experimental. Adaptive leadership reaches for “next practices” even as today’s best practices are cultivated. Experimental leadership relies on encouraging and learning from the collective intelligence of the organization, not just the senior team. It means engaging the diversity of the organization and running experiments in search of solutions.
Adaptive, experimental leaders value the question as much as the answer, embrace uncertainty and bring forth the best in others. They are intellectually and emotionally present. Our flexible leadership curriculum fosters these competencies and features modules in the following areas:
- Appreciative Leadership
- Systems Thinking
- Emotional Intelligence
- Team Leadership
- Courageous Conversation
- 360º Feedback
- Creative Thinking
- Conflict Transformation
- Leveraging Diversity
- Tools for Dialogue
- Personal Leadership
Panta Rei consultants work with you to build programs tailored to your unique needs and resources. We combine assessment tools with experiential exercises and mental models that support practical learning and application. Together we plan the follow up coaching and application that keeps your leaders on the learning journey long after the "program" is finished.
