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AntiFragile Leadership in the Decade of Disruption
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©Dr Paige Williams 2020D R P A I G E W I L L I A M S
Why AntiFragile now?
The start of this decade has seen unprecedented levels of disruption across the globe.
Devastating bush fires here in Australia, the political fall-out of Brexit in Europe, the upcoming US elections, and most recently, COVID-19, the full implications of which are still unfolding.
The future is looking more uncertain than ever and we are struggling to cope.
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• Resilience and robustness are no longer enough.
• The fallout of COVID-19 demands that we adapt and improve through disruption.
• As leaders, we need to learn to thrive through the challenges and lean into the opportunities of the post COVID-19 world .
We have become Fragile
We need to become AntiFragile .
• The world we live in is more complex, more volatile and more ambiguous than ever before.
• The way we live, our systems, our processes and our expectations make us fragile.
• The gap between our capacity to cope and the world we have created is getting bigger.
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A Whole New WorldThe post COVID-19 world will not be the same as before. Old leadership models were failing us then and they will do so again. We need a new approach to leadership.
Burnout and StressCOVID-19 is making the social and work environment more complex and unstable than ever over the coming months.. Leaders are not equipped for these uncertain times.
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More with LessThe economic impact of COVID-19 will be felt for months and years to come. Leaders will need to do more with even less. Less time, fewer people and reduced resources. Leaders are feeling even more pressure.
Talent on New TermsTalent will be the differentiator in the post-COVID-19 world, with expectations of flexibility, integrity and purpose from leaders. Leaders are unsure of how to win this new talent war.
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The Challenges
In a complex, ever-changing business world, leaders need a new approach that leverages disruption and helps them to learn, grow and thrive.
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Fragility is not always exposed. When our environment is known, safe, simple and stable our fragility is not tested or exposed, and we are Surviving for now.
Whilst we may feel a level of ease, at the back of our minds we know this is temporary, and our fragility could be exposed at any time.
As our context becomes more volatile and uncertain, our fragility is tested and we can break under the pressure.
This is a pain point. We are struggling to cope with what is being asked of us and cannot see how we can leverage, or access, the resources we need to cope.
Fragile: an accident waiting to happen
DisruptionFragile
Robust
AntiFragile
Living in Comfort Thriving through Striving
Surviving for Now Breaking under Pressure
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Even as we become AntiFragile there are circumstances when disruption in our environment is low and we are living in comfort. Being here feels good and it can be a valuable time to reflect and consolidate learning. However, if we stay here too long, we risk becoming stagnant.
But as we know, disruption, challenge and change are only ever ‘just around the corner’. When we are AntiFragile, we can cope with this as we thrive through striving. It often doesn’t feel comfortable here. Striving requires energy. The ROBUST principles help us develop the right energy, attitudes and mindset to keep going.
Becoming AntiFragile is not something we tick off. It is an ongoing journey as we face new challenges and opportunities.
It is an active, enduring, intentional process.
It is an infinite game.
AntiFragile: Thriving through Striving
DisruptionFragile
Robust
AntiFragile
Living in Comfort Thriving through Striving
Surviving for Now Breaking under Pressure
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R O B U S T
Recruit the Brain
R O B U S TOperate in Reality
Break the Negative
Use Intelligent Risk
Seek Collective Wisdom
Tackle the Infinite Game
Harness the capacity and hack the short-circuits of your brain
using the latest neuroscience.
Stop emotional leakage and self-sabotage through mindfulness and
coaching.
Remove what doesn’t work and leverage what does to be effective through
disruption and change.
Share the load, follow the energy
and seek out healthy conflict to make
purposeful progress.
Experiment with experience, find optionality and champion innovation
to meet challenge and maximise opportunities.
Identify ‘Why’, hunt for what you treasure
and play for long term outcomes to stay in the game.
Guiding Principles to Become AntiFragile The ROBUST principles helps leaders Become AntiFragile through their work everyday.
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By using the ROBUST principles leaders leverage Capacity, Performance, Impact and Outcomes for themselves and their teams.Le
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Are your leaders ready to Become AntiFragile? Do the challenges sound familiar?Do you recognise that your leaders need to learn to thrive through disruption, challenge and change?
I work with leaders to embed the ROBUST principles through:• Keynote speaking• Leadership Team mentoring and education• Executive coaching
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Let’s connect Helping leaders thrive in the Decade of Disruption.Working with Paige enables leaders to reduce fragility and build robustness to Become AntiFragile.
Paige is passionate about leveraging leadership energy and capacity by helping leaders learn how to use the ROBUST principles. She focuses on replacing fear with confidence; confusion with clarity and motivating leaders to create positive purposeful impact for themselves and the people they lead. With more than 20 years’ international business leadership experience, Paige’s expertise lies in making research real, relevant and relatable to the work that leaders do every day.
Paige is a PhD in Positive Organisational Psychology, completed post-graduate studies in Organisational Change and a BA Hons in Business, and is an Honorary Fellow of the Centre for Positive Psychology at the University of Melbourne and an Associate of Melbourne Business School.
Paige helps leaders in business, government, NGOs and schools learn to thrive through disruption, challenge and change and has seen the positive impact it has – for them, their teams and their organisations.
Paige’s clients include:
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Practical Guiding Principles for Leaders to Thrive in the Decade of Disruption
BECOMING AntiFragile
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