Our Developing Leaders in a VUCA Environment white paper provides the critical insights to help you successfully lead your organization through the unstable and rapidly changing business world.

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Key Highlights

This resource:

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    Discusses the history of VUCA and how it applies to business strategy and development

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    Explores how VUCA is relevant to leadership development

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    Discusses the VUCA Prime, which flips the acronym to focus on Vision, Understanding, Clarity, and Agility

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    Offers suggestions on what HR and talent managers do to change their leadership development approach to foster Vision, Understanding, Clarity, and Agility

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