Leadership Development Strategies for Volatile, Uncertain, Complex and Ambiguous (VUCA) Environments

Speed and complexity drive reactivity in leaders. It’s easy to get overwhelmed with the chaotic storming resulting from shifting priorities, ad-hoc emerging needs, and misalignment from unclear information flows. In this webinar, you’ll learn proven strategies for developing leadership under the unique constraints and conditions of VUCA (Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity).

You'll learn how to:

• Recognize the unique characteristics of VUCA conditions

• Anticipate common reactions to VUCA in leaders and what forms these reactions take

• Support and develop leaders through coaching and training programs

Our speakers

Jonathan Levene

Jonathan has served as an executive coach and facilitator in Harvard Business School’s Executive Education programs and a lecturer at the Harvard Department of Continuing Education. He currently teaches a program on the neuroscience of leadership to managers and executives at Harvard through the Office of Work/Life. His prior experience includes 15 years leading product development teams in high-tech VUCA environments.

Virginia R. Dean

Virginia is a certified executive coach with more than 20 years in corporate human resources leadership roles in high-tech and biotech VUCA organizations. Throughout her career, Virginia has worked with C-suite, emerging executive leaders, and mid-level leaders. Through her work, she fosters sustainable behavioral shifts by putting equal emphasis on the polarities of “being” and “doing.”