Please support Web standards. Have a look at this page on the Web Standards Project site.
KDI leads session on “Developing Adaptable Leaders for an Age of Uncertainty”
This session considered three distinct perspectives for assessing how adaptable leaders are, and how they can become more adaptable. Topics include dealing with ambiguity, learning agility, and mastering paradox and opposing forces. Chaired by Rob Kaiser of Kaplan DeVries at the Society for Consulting Psychology midwinter conference, 2010.
Today’s hyper-competitive, fast-paced, and rapidly changing global economy puts a premium on adaptable organizations and flexible leaders. Even advertising campaigns celebrate the “agile enterprise” and channel the spirit of “constant self-reinvention.” But how can consulting psychologists help managers become more nimble, fleet-footed, and flexible leaders? This session features three distinct, but related, perspectives that explore the role of dealing with ambiguity, the mastery of opposing but complementary leadership approaches, and learning agility.
Rob Kaiser explains “Leadership Lessons from the Past” at LBS
Kaiser was invited to deliver his presentation to the London Business School’s “Darwin’s Medicine” series of seminars in honor of the 200th anniversary of the birth of the creator of the theory of evolution by means of natural selection. Kaiser’s talk explored the evolution of leadership from lower animals through human history, and focused on how leadership was a solution to the problem of collective effort: getting selfish individuals to cooperate in the context of harsh elements and violent tribal warfare. The talk concludes with the six core things would-be leader must do and the four attributes humans are hardwired to expect from their leaders.
Download paper: Leadership, Followership, & Evolution
Download paper: What Followers Want
Leadership Versatility Index voted the most useful 360 for executive development
A recent survey by WJM Associates (http://www.wjmassoc.com) asked 323 thought leaders, executive coaches, and organizational consultants, “Which single assessment instrument do you find the most useful for the purpose of Executive Development?”
Over a third of the votes went to the world-class personality assessment suite from Hogan Assessment Systems. The Leadership Versatility Index came in third, and was the highest rated 360-feedback tool on the list.
The Hogan and the LVI make a powerful pair for helping an executive understand the links between “Who you are” (Hogan personality assessment) and “How you lead” (LVI 360 feedback).
Thanks go to everyone who named the LVI as their executive development tool of choice.