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COGNITIVE FLEXIBILITY: ADAPTING TO CHANGE AS LEADERS

  Now more than ever before, leaders all over the world are facing change and complexity — the coronavirus pandemic has presented us all with new challenges, new circumstances, and new uncertainties. Adaptability is a requirement. Because change is constant and inevitable, leaders must be flexible to succeed. Adaptability is about having ready access to a range of behaviours that enable leaders to shift and experiment as things change. Successful executives: 1)       Adapt to the changing external pressures facing the organization. 2)       Adjust their management style to changing situations. 3)       Accept changes as positive . 4)       Revise plans as necessary. 5)       Consider other people’s concerns during change. Conversely, it may also be argued that inflexible leaders limit the adaptability of others. New initiatives may be halted or stifled. Resistance to change may undermine critical projects or system-wide implementation. Employee enthusiasm, coope

VUCA AND ITS RELEVANCE

What is VUCA and its relevance in business?   VUCA is an acronym that stands for volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity , a combination of qualities that, taken together, characterize the nature of some difficult conditions and situations. The term is also sometimes said to stand for the adjectives: volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous. The term VUCA originated with the United States Army War College to describe conditions resulting from the Cold War. The VUCA concept has since been adopted throughout businesses and organizations in many industries and sectors to guide leadership and strategy planning . An awareness of the forces represented in the VUCA model and strategies to mitigate the harm they might cause are integral to crisis management and disaster recovery planning . Volatility Volatility refers to the propensity for changing from one state to another . Under certain conditions, volatile materials can dangerously explode, changing