From the course: Counterintuitive Leadership Strategies for a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) Environment
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The rut of routines
From the course: Counterintuitive Leadership Strategies for a VUCA (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous) Environment
The rut of routines
- Avid gardeners know from experience that accelerating the growth of a tree requires pruning it. To make it grow bigger, you have to cut it back. That counterintuitive principle also applies to leadership. At some point our routines lose their effectiveness. If we want significant business growth, we need the courage to prune things back, our schedules, our projects, our commitments. We have to be willing to drop our dependency on some of the things we've always done. Even if they've been wildly successful in the past. Modern leaders have adopted this unconventional approach, applying the prune-to-grow logic across the full spectrum of their leadership tasks. Basically, they take everything they do off autopilot. They question its value, and if it's not worthy of their time and attention, they let it go. Here are several ways you can incorporate the idea to improve your own leadership effectiveness. First start with your to-do list and calendar. It's easy to become a slave to your…
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