WINTERTemplateDeveloping Leaders

in a

“VUCA Environment”

01

Prepared & Presented By: Neeraj Jain

02Agenda

1. Introduction

2. The origin of VUCA

3. VUCA and leadership development

4. VUCA defined

5. The VUCA prime

6. Conclusion

03Introduction

Today’s market rate of change is much different than in

the past.

Rapid changes warnings to all the businesses, institutions

and nation states.

Speed of change overwhelming the skill set of

leadership, flexibility & imaginations to adapt.

Strategic business leaders are calling this “A VUCA

environment”.

03Introduction

04Origin of VUCA

VUCA introduced by U.S. Army War College in late

1990’s.

“New Normal” - VUCA adopted by strategic business

leaders to describe chaotic, turbulent & rapid changing

business environment.

Example – Financial crisis of 2008-2009

Many businesses obsolete but few got success due to

adapt of new technologies like social media exploded

etc.

05Leadership Development

Leadership agility and adaptability skills required in this

VUCA world to succeed.

Book “Leadership Agility: A Business Imperative for a

VUCA World” says:

Leaders must make continuous shifts in people, process,

technology and structure to succeed. This requires

Flexibility & Quickness in decision making.

Boston Consulting Group (BCG) says shifts Business

Models & Leadership Skills fast to become “Adaptive

Firms”. Example: Apple, Google, Amazon etc.

05Leadership Development

HR & talent management professionals has to apply VUCA

model as a framework to re-tool leadership development

models for creating highly adaptive, skilled & agile leaders in

the organizations.

Company Spotlight: Unilever

06What is VUCA

07The VUCA Prime

08Learning & Development

HR & Talent Management professionals must reframe leadership

development activities to focus:

Less on behavioral competencies

More on learning agility, self-awareness, comfort with

ambiguity and strategic thinking.

Steps Talent Mangers Can take:

1. Hire Agile Leaders.

2. Developing Existing Leaders to be Agile Leaders.

3. Foster an Organizational Culture that rewards VUCA

Prime Behaviors and Retains Agile Employees.

09Conclusion

The Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity

(VUCA) is “New Normal” in today’s business world.

In VUCA World more strategic, complex critical thinking

skills are demanded from business leader to get the

organization success.

HR & Talent management professionals can help in

developing leaders who can counter Volatility, Uncertainty,

Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA) with Vision,

Understanding, Clarity and Agility (VUCA Prime/ Antidote).