Managing & Leading in Uncertain Times
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This document discusses managing and leading in uncertain times. It explores key concepts such as the differences between management and leadership, resistance to change, stress management, implementing change, and effective team dynamics. The main ideas are that leadership requires doing the right things, management can make work difficult, overcoming resistance to change involves different approaches like education and participation, and lifelong learning is important for adapting to constant change.
Managing & Leading in Uncertain Times
- 1. Managing & Leading in Uncertain Times Dr. Polly Pick
- 2. Peter Druker “Management is doing things right; leadership is doing the right things.” “Most of what we call management consists of making it difficult for people to get their work done” http://www.druckersociety.at/index.php/peter-drucker-society
- 4. Resistance to Change • Parochial self-interest • Low tolerance for change • Different assessments of the situation • Misunderstanding and lack of trust Kotter and Schlesinger 2012
- 5. Stress Stress is what happens when your gut says: “Oh my God, NO!” And your Mouth says: “Yes, I’d be glad to,”
- 6. Early Symptoms of Stress • Emotional: Moodiness, irritability, agitation, can’t relax • Cognitive: Memory problems, can’t concentrate or make decisions, poor judgement • Behavioural: Eating, drinking or smoking too much, can’t sleep, isolating yourself from others, procrastinating,
- 7. Recognise anyone…? The Critic The Victim The Bystander The Navigator Bunker, 2012
- 9. Adair – Effective Teams Achieve the Task Develop the individual Build and Maintain the Team Adair 1973
- 10. Life-long learning…. “We now accept the fact that learning is a lifelong process of keeping abreast of change. And the most pressing task is to teach people how to learn”. Peter Drucker