Effective leaders clarify goals and priorities. However, this requires a clear vision and sense of shared purpose. Leaders set direction, provide meaning, encourage initiative and generate commitment. The core themes help set organizations on the path to exceptional performance. Important elements come together in Executive Coaching that supports positive change, but it’s not an easy process. It’s also clear that leadership becomes critical as soon as we move from a situation of stability and consensus to one of uncertainty, doubt and disagreement. There is then a need to focus energy and build people’s motivation.

Coaching Leadership Agility and Authenticity

Authentic leaders are consistent in their approach. They also create the momentum to ‘make things happen’. Effective leaders help achieve the transition from uncertainty to a situation characterized by purpose and progress. Something else also features strongly in this process. Authentic leadership builds on a consistent approach, but also creates a sense of shared purpose. It involves developing people’s capability, resilience and willingness to overcome challenges. At the same time, organizations require leadership agility, essential in helping to anticipate requirements and proactively manage change.

Essential leadership qualities include the ability to reduce disruption and loss of motivation. There is always the risk of disaffection, which increases when people lose commitment to the organization. Executive coaching helps develop agile leaders with the insight needed to handle dynamic, unpredictable events. In the 21st century, organizations recognize the need for agile, cascaded leadership. This offers greater responsiveness to unexpected demands. It needs to be backed by effective systems that enable resources to be used efficiently.

In a VUCA world characterized by Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity there is an increased need for flexibility. New challenges disrupt the old logic of set procedures, fixed plans and centralised control. The harsh reality is that many organizations are slow to adapt, particularly to new technology, and this threatens their longer-term survival. As an example, we might recall that Kodak invented the first digital camera in 1975, but the Board failed to see the potential. Move forward to January 2012 and Kodak filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. Progress to 2020 and the harsh reality of uncertainty and risk is made explicit. Covid-19 accelerated economic disruption and longer-term changes in how we work.

Developing Agile Leaders

To remain responsive to changing conditions and new expectations, leaders require feedback that increases awareness of interdependencies and how best to focus energy and attention. Employee surveys offer one way of gaining insight into motivation and commitment. In addition, 360 degree feedback gives managers insight into the expectations of different groups of work associates. The issues that are most important to direct reports are different to those affecting stakeholders or peers and colleagues. Agile leadership requires awareness of the issues that affect work relationships and responsiveness to a changing context. Competencies that support exceptional performance need to be applied in a way that is appropriate to the context. Executive Coaching helps create star performers who recognize how to ‘flex’ their style and adapt to a shifting context.

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