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WEBINAR: Leadership in Times of Fear and Uncertainty

Leaders of mid-sized companies face an enormous challenge: keeping their teams (and themselves) energized and productive when the light at the end of the tunnel even the location of the end of the tunnel is uncertain.

In this program, we'll talk about the challenges and discuss practical approaches to leading in these times. I'll outline an acronym for our day: VUCA (volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous) and retrace how Bob Johansen, author of How Leaders Make the Future, presented this in 2009 (and reiterated it in 2019). Then we'll look at three critical leadership competencies for a VUCA future:

Maker Instinct. A competency and eagerness not just to set the direction as a leader, but to help the team through the process of figuring out how to get there.

Clarity. The ability to look into the future and gain clarity about what is really going on, and where their company needs to be in the future to win.

Dilemma Flipping. The ability to turn dilemmas--which unlike problems, can't be solved--into advantages and opportunities.

While we may touch on leadership tactics required immediately, most of this focus will be on competencies and approaches that will keep your leadership fresh and additive for the remainder of 2020, and years beyond.

Presenter: Robert Sher

Date: June 23, 2020

Presentation: 12:00 to 1:30PM

Learning Units: 1.5 LUs

Cost:
$ Free Members
$20 Non Members (plus service fee)

Robert Sher is founding principal of CEO to CEO, a consulting firm of former chief executives that improves the leadership infrastructure of midsized companies seeking to accelerate their performance. He was chief executive of Bentley Publishing Group from 1984 to 2006 and steered the firm to become a leading player in its industry (decorative art publishing).

Robert speaks frequently, and has published extensively on the successful leadership traits and skills of CEOs of midsized companies. He is a regular columnist on Forbes.com and has numerous posts on Harvard Business Review online. He authored two books, the first book, The Feel of the Deal; How I Built a Company through Acquisitions (1toPonder, 2007) and his newest book, Mighty Midsized Companies; How Leaders Overcome 7 Silent Growth Killers, (Bibliomotion, 2014).

Robert received a B.S. degree in business administration from Hayward State University in 1986 (during which he ran a small business), and an MBA degree from St. Marys College in 1988, where he was the recipient of the Jack Saloma Award for student citizenship. From 1995 to 2000, he taught MBA and executive MBA courses at St. Marys on growing entrepreneurial businesses.