Leadership Solutions for a Better Future: Equipping Leaders to Not Just Survive but Strive in a VUCA Environment

Leadership Solutions for a Better Future: Equipping Leaders to Not Just Survive but Strive in a VUCA Environment

Tanika J. Kyle | 2020

Abstract

In the year 2020, the world has been turned upside down. Volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous (VUCA) environments are happening everywhere. The number of real threats facing every corner of the world continue to escalate and reinforce the need to embrace core foundational leadership principles and skill training. In order to overcome these threats and prepare leaders for VUCA environments, current leaders must be retrained and future leaders equipped with the right leadership skills, knowledge, tools, and values (Shufutinsky, Deporres, Long, & Sibel, 2020). The goal of this online leadership course is not to solve the worlds’ problems but to focus on nonprofits and small businesses by equipping their leaders with what they need to not just survive but strive in VUCA environments.

Each of the four courses include several lessons, quizzes, break out activities, and various supplemental materials that help new leaders gain needed leadership knowledge, skills, and training, and more seasoned leaders can identify opportunities for growth and opportunities to incorporate future skills for leading effectively in VUCA environments. The courses provide leaders with the skills to solve the challenges they see every day and gives them a solid foundation to proactively plan for future challenges. Leadership Solutions for a Better Future helps leaders adjust their mindset to understand how VUCA can impact their ability to effectively lead, what specific areas to target, and the right skills to focus on so they strive not just survive.