How to help people to adapt, not force them to adopt -
For many, the first wave of the pandemic was an adrenaline-fuelled sprint. The long haul demands a different lace and a shift in leadership priorities.
KDVI, Oct 2020
Organisations have a responsibility towards their staff.
INSEAD Knowledge, Oct 2020
Much can be learnt as we navigate the steep challenges posed by COVID-19. The pandemic has been a source of new insight and creativity. Here is a compilation of our growing collection of blogs, articles and books from the KDVI team inspired by the impact of COVID-19.
Six questions every leader should be asking about culutre right now -
How to ensure healthy foundations in your organisation's culutre in the transition to the 'new normal'
KDVI, Sep 2020
The Covid 19 Pandemic has brought unimagined change to organisations at unprecedented speeds. Organisations and leaders are on a journey of discovery. As leaders plan the future for their organisations, understanding the cultural health of their organisations and teams will be a critical success factor. No one be certain what any organisation will look like in the future – the structures, roles, functions are all up in the air. Structure and process will give a sense of clarity and security, but if the culture is not able to support the upcoming changes and challenges, leaders will struggle to implement sustainable changes.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Sep 2020
Virtual team coaching can help turn around dysfunctional teams
Effective organisations rely on teamwork, not least because it facilitates problem solving. Many leaders, however, are ambivalent about teams. They fear overt and covert conflict, uneven participation, tunnel vision, lack of accountability and indifference to the interests of the organisation as a whole. Also, more than a few have no idea how to put together well functioning teams. Their fear of delegating – losing control – reinforces the stereotype of the heroic leader who handles it all.
INSEAD Knowledge, Aug 2020
Les top managers préféreront une communication honnête et l'empathie.
Les vrais leaders veillent à ce que leur entreprise sorte de la crise revigorée et prête à affronter l'avenir. Pour faire partie des entreprises qui émergent lorsque les conditions économiques seront un peu meilleures, sept stades s'imposent.
Les Echos Executives, Aug 2020
Good leadership requires self-aware and vulnerable leaders
The coronavirus crisis facilitates the rise of autocratic and narcissistic leaders just when we least need them.
When asked what the post-Covid world might look like, French author Michel Houellebecq said, “The same – only worse.” While the quip is funny on the surface, there is indeed reason for all of us to wonder where the world is headed.
INSEAD Knowledge, Jul 2020
Five key lessons for entrepreneurs and leadership
As an organisation, the Virgin Group has been of great interest to the public and business experts worldwide, especially given Richard Branson’s creative leadership style in running and growing the enterprise. We dive into Professor Manfred F.R. Kets de Vries and Robert Dick’s case titled, “Branson’s Virgin: The Coming of Age of a Counter-Cultural Enterprise,” and explore five key lessons for entrepreneurs and leadership.
INSEAD Knowledge, Jul 2020
Patience is one of the more difficult challenges of being human
Nine ways to develop this important “muscle” and reap its mental health benefits.
INSEAD Knowledge, Jul 2020
The spontaneous eruption of musical offerings in the shadow of the Covid-19 crisis is a phenomenon that we have all witnessed and are aware of. But what if anything, do these musical offerings invoke and what in general does music offer us? This blog explores how music can add an element of playfulness to a reflective journey that can deepen ones understanding of self and how you are perceived by others.
KDVI Research Lab, May 2020
In the Covid-19 crisis digital communication technologies (DCTs) are our saviour. They enable us to continue to work remotely and not to fall into complete social isolation despite physical distancing measures. Indeed, many have now rekindled lost friendships and thanks to DCTs, family, friends and colleagues are just one click away. But are our digital devices really always our friend during this stressful time?
Caroline Rook, KDVI Research Associate & Lecturer in Leadership at Henley Business School, May 2020
Lessons learned from the COVID-19 pandemic will be plentiful, profound, and possibly surprising. Daily, we hear stories fraught with pain, suffering and fear. At the same time, the best of humanity manifests as first responders, healthcare workers, neighbours, and strangers serve one another with compassion and heroic acts of kindness.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Apr 2020
Around the world, plans are being launched to fight COVID-19. Impressive change management and leadership will be necessary to convince people to adjust their behaviour, to eventually conquer the virus and revive the economy.
Leadership in the Next Phase of COVID-19, Apr 2020
More than a decade ago, medical experts already warned that a pandemic like the coronavirus was bound to happen. Unfortunately, nobody paid attention. In spite of our lack of foresight, the more pressing question is what the aftermath of the coronavirus pandemic is going to look like? There is no crystal ball for the future; what we do sense is that things are going to be different. When the crisis subsides, do we go back to normal? Or does Covid-19 provide us with an important learning experience?
KDVI Writer's Colony, Apr 2020
The spatial and temporal restrictions placed on us by the Coronavirus pandemic will have an enormous effect on our mental health. Many are no doubt experiencing the “cabin fever syndrome” under forced confinement. Here are a couple of ways to deal with it.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Apr 2020
We’ve been learning from those around us, but we’ve also been inspired by each other, our clients and the people we interact with. Even in serious times, connecting with others in a compassionate way, makes this time an opportunity for positivity as well as productivity.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Apr 2020
Whether you might be feeling pressure of navigating a virtual work environment, managing your team or even working on your own leadership issues, we thought it would help to share what we’re learning so it might help you to reflect on what you’re learning too. When we learn something from one client or colleague, we can share that reflection to help another. In that way we “pay the learning forward” and find new ways to collaborate and inspire each other.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Apr 2020
Like you, we’ve been talking, reading and experiencing a large volume of information about leadership in crisis. The Covid-19 pandemic is leveling, because it has an impact on everyone in the world. What we can learn from each other during this time truly inspired this blog series and I’m grateful to be able to share these words with the hope they inspire you too.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Apr 2020
My hope is that leaders who face stark challenges do not sit alone with an impending sense of doom, do not succumb to pressure to act without reflection, but instead reach out for support, creative solutions and meaning.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Apr 2020
Uncertainty of Coronavirus impacts business and household alike
The massive uncertainty created by the present global Coronavirus turmoil impacts every business and every household in America and around the world. Many indicators point to an extended pandemic. And it’s a certainty that this will be seen as one of those cathartic transitions which will have consequences long after it is all over.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Mar 2020
A volunteer’s identity is just based on ‘who you are’ and not ‘what you do’ or ‘what you represent’ through status, title or other attributes. This is both rewarding and humbling.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Mar 2020
Don’t wait for the world to change. Find your own individual way
Don’t wait for the world to change or for some quota to propel you to the top. Find your own individual way. But what does that mean?
KDVI Writer's Colony, Mar 2020
Career planning for creating gender balance at the top
Career planning is a sophisticated practice of developing talented individuals at the top by means of carefully selected job placements.
KDVI Writer's Colony, Feb 2020
