(Previously taught as a lunch lecture)

P    Purpose

E    Experiential Frames

R    Range of Options

C    Contrary Views

E    External Future Forces

P    Productive Paranoia

T    Trust

I      Internal Culture

V    Vigilance

E    Experimentation

Effective leaders recognize they must carefully manage both the external and internal environment.  They inspire, provide clarity of purpose, seek diversity of thought and contrary views, and build a culture of trust.  Leaders also develop a keen awareness of external forces and turn threats into opportunities by building an organizational capability of adaptability.  In short, leaders build a PERCEPTIVE organization that is poised to achieve and maintain sustainable positive results. After the session participants will be able to:

• Understand the importance of building a perceptive organization to meet today’s business challenges
• Articulate specific leadership behaviors that can create an appropriate vigilant culture
• Better prepare for an uncertain future by building agility into their strategy