Leading through VUCA

Overview:

Introduction:

The Leading through VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity & Ambiguity) training program equips participants with strategies and skills to navigate dynamic and challenging environments effectively. Through a focused curriculum, participants learn to embrace ambiguity, leverage uncertainty, and lead with resilience in volatile and complex situations.

Program Objectives:

At the end of this program, the participants will be able to:

• Apply techniques to lead, motivate and inspire individuals to their full potential.

• Demonstrate the best leadership principles.

• Develop as an effective and efficient leader in the modern world.

• Understand the impact of VUCA on leading styles in today’s dynamic business.

• Critically analyze the VUCA principle.

• Apply powerful skills and techniques to lead through VUCA.

• Increase self-awareness of your leadership ability in today’s changing world.

Targeted Audience:

• Directors.

• Senior Managers.

• Middle Managers.

• Identified talent, high potential and future leaders in the business.

Program Outlines:

Unit 1: 

VUCA: Leadership in the Modern World:

• Defining VUCA in the modern world: the “New Norm”.

• Understanding leadership.

• Traditional leadership styles vs. VUCA leadership.

• Emotional intelligence and the self-aware VUCA leader.

• Leading through change: Key principles needed for VUCA.

• Managing expectations: Gen Y and Gen Z.

Unit 2:

VUCA: From Volatility to Vision:

• Defining ‘Volatility’ in the VUCA framework.

• Impact of volatility on the team and organization.

• Providing effective leadership in times of volatility.

• Building rapport and developing trust.

• Turning volatility to vision.

• Leading people to the powerful vision.

Unit 3:

 VUCA: From Uncertainty to Understanding:

• Factors affecting uncertainty.

• Understand your team and organization dynamics.

• Key communication principles to gain understanding.

• Coaching and mentoring to combat and control uncertainty.

• Leading understanding in the workplace.

Unit 4: 

VUCA: From Complexity to Clarity:

• Why so complex?

• Check and clarify: The keys to gaining clarity.

• Using RACI to define roles and responsibilities.

• Creative thinking to gain clarity.

• Problem-solving and decision-making methods to aid clarity.

• Communicating clarity to your people.

Unit 5: 

VUCA: From Ambiguity to Agility:

• Defining ambiguity vs. agility in VUCA.

• Using AGILE & Kaizen to lead and manage.

• Developing an agile team: Empowerment.

• Building organization agility: The agile leader.

• Summary.

• Next steps.