204: Larry Robertson - Leaders Facing the Music in Uncertain Times
It\u2019s no doubt that we are living in volatile times. Today\u2019s guest goes as far as to call it \u2018The New Abnormal!\u2019 But one thing remains, we need leaders to step up and lead even in these ambiguous times in an open and vulnerable way.
Larry Robertson is an innovation advisor recognized for helping people discover value at the nexus of leadership, entrepreneurship (entrepreneurial thinking), and creativity.
He\u2019s a popular columnist with Inc. Magazine, The Creativity Post, CEO World Magazine, SmartBrief on Leadership, and others, and the award-winning author of three books: Rebel Leadership: How to Thrive in Uncertain Times, The Language of Man, and A Deliberate Pause.
In 2021, he was also named a Fulbright Scholar, a rarity for non-academic professionals.
Let\u2019s dive right in and learn from Larry how we as leaders need to face the music in uncertain times.
On this episode:
- What is an innovation advisor? How to help organizations marry leadership, entrepreneurship and creativity
- Leaders don\u2019t always have to know the answer, but they DO have to learn to be open and vulnerable as well as creative
- Leaders need to be good at navigating and mitigating risk - Don\u2019t back off of your responsibility when you get to the top
- How to lead within a \u2018new abnormal\u2019 - we can\u2019t lead the same we always have, we need to \u2018face the music\u2019
- An interesting look at the commonality of leaders\u2019 thoughts when they\u2019re anonymous
- Find out the biggest thing holding leaders back and making employees leave and what we need to do differently
Key Takeaways:
- Leadership, entrepreneurship, and creativity
- Making a 360 assessment of leadership
- We need to learn to lead in V.U.C.A. (volatile, uncertain, complex, ambiguous)
- Leaders\u2019 private thoughts need to start linking with their actions
- The key is confidence - not certainty
- There is no such thing as a finish line in leadership
Tweetable Quotes:
\u201cIf you\u2019re the entrepreneur who only breaks new ground and never learns how to lead then the chances are the value you create isn\u2019t going to last very long.\u201d - Larry Robertson
\u201cI call it our new abnormal, and if we try to lead in ways we did in the past\u2026 we\u2019re setting ourselves us for failure.\u201d - Larry Robertson
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