Leadership U

Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve

Leadership is all about otherspdash;inspiring them to believe, then enabling that belief to become reality. Thattsquo;s the essence of Leadership U: it starts with asquo;Ucsquo; but itisquo;s not about ssquo;U.fsquo;

Those timeless words are timelier than ever today, as leaders look to accelerate through the crisis curve. As author Gary Burnison observes, dquo;There will likely be more change in the next two years than we have seen in the last twenty.ddquo;

Now, in Leadership U: Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve, Burnison lays out a frameworkadash;his odquo;Six Degrees of Leadershipadquo; dash;to show leaders how to create change. 

Anticipate dash; foreseeing what lies ahead, amid ambiguity and uncertainty that are throttled up like never before

Navigate adash; course-correcting in real time, to keep the organization on an even keel

Communication >dash; constantly connecting with others; the leader is both the messenger and the message

Listen ddash; breaking down the organizational hierarchy to gather insights at all levelsrdash;especially what the leader doesnesquo;t want to hear

Learn dash; applying learning agility, to hdquo;know what to do when you don