Leadership Vigilance

Speaker

Jim Austin

Faculty Consultant

The Wharton School

Adjunct Assistant Professor of Leadership & Workforce Development

Brown University

Jim Austin’s Biography

Duration: 1 Hour

Option 1: Thursday, February 25th at 3:00pm ET

Option 2: Friday, March 5th at 12:00pm ET

This session will be interactive with discussion and Q&A.

Course Description

Most leaders are good at focusing on short-term requirements such as next quarter’s results or current competitor moves.  The problem is that in times of change and uncertainty, short-term initiatives leave entities vulnerable to missing or underplaying dramatic market changes or emergent new competitors.

Based on the work by Paul Schoemaker and George Day, as detailed in their recent book, See Sooner, Act Faster: How Vigilant Leaders Thrive in an Era of Digital Turbulence, this seminar will outline how vigilant leaders enable their organizations to:
  • Monitor diverse inputs
  • Combine disparate inputs into longer-term, more robust strategic choices.