Even as we intuitively recognize otherwise, many of us still hold outmoded ideas of what leaders are and how they should operate. We think of leaders as commanding, people of presence, people who see the big picture and call the big shots. Instead, leaders are increasingly called upon to offer context, navigate ambiguity, and guide […]
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Change leadership is one of the most critical skills that anyone can develop in today’s work and market environment. So what is it? Change leadership is the ability to weave together vision, process, relationships and problem solving to navigate any effort a team or organization undertakes. In the digital age, change has become more frequent
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A few weeks ago, a savvy business investor asked me why we created Outside Angle. I explained that while lots of really talented people and organizations help people plan change, very few focus on helping them to actually make change. After considering it for a moment, he asked why we use the word “change” so
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Big ideas are inherently exciting. They offer a new way of thinking of an old problem, a more elegant solution to a persistent challenge, or create the ability to do something previous thought impossible. Yet by definition, they are imaginary; not easily translated from idea to reality. Some big ideas require technical strategies (think: creating
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The better path is the navigational one. It involves having a vision for where you are going, and then regularly pausing to evaluate progress. Hypotheses are tested, and big challenges are broken down into smaller tasks. Action is constantly taken focused on doing the next thing.
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Big Ideas are ones that, by nature, are complex and whose path forward is not obvious. That doesn’t mean they can’t happen. Indeed, Big Ideas regularly do make it beyond the aspiration stage, and that occurs when they are first broken down into the processes and systems required to make them happen.
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Leaders across sectors and industries are desperate for employees who synthesize effectively, even if they don’t know it. They need team members at all levels with the ability to listen to different perspectives and distill common themes, combine them with their own ideas and insights, and create clear pathways to action.
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Instead, we see change as a constant element of the context in which all people and organizations operate. … Every individual within the organization needs to become a sensory unit, a person capable of perceiving shifting context and communicating the implications of those shifts to their teams and leaders.
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These engagements stretched and challenged us, helped us learn what we need as a company when it comes to experience and capabilities, and pushed us to grow as leaders at a pace that we rarely experienced before.
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Change is here to stay, and our best bet is to not just weather the change in front of us, but to enter the change leadership dojo and build the skills that enable us to approach work in more satisfying, meaningful ways. Outside Angle helps organizations do this in three ways.
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