Phase Two: People-Powered Leadership™
After creating a supportive holding environment and a strong team bond, the team is ready to tackle wicked problems and adaptive challenges. Phase two of Culture in the Flow of Work™, People-Powered Leadership™, builds the cultural capacity to navigate change and complexity. When confronted with many challenges, unclear paths, and a swiftly evolving landscape, technical solutions alone fall short. In such scenarios, leadership that mobilizes everyone is paramount.
Leaders must learn new skills, such as:
Inspiring learning
Facilitating adaptation to new behaviors
Engaging stakeholders
Encouraging innovation
Empowering everyone to lead
The best approach to navigating these dynamic circumstances is to equip leaders with new mental models. These new mental models elevate our conversations, encourage experimentation, and increase our adaptive capacity.