Will the tariff turmoil have a positive or negative effect on you and your colleagues? Will everyone step up and search for the opportunity in the rubble, experiment with new possibilities and learn from trying … or will they bury their heads in it and hope it will all blow over?
Addressing your organisational challenges
At Quest we believe it’s about getting the right cultural balance between management (optimising the use of resources) and leadership (inspiring people to want to perform).
Organisations that are over-managed and under-led struggle with disruption. They are hostile to any disturbance to the system and therefore it takes a long time to identify and accept the need to change. Time may not available: think Blockbuster, Kodak, Thomas Cook, Toys R Us, Flybe, HMV etc, etc …
The Adaptive Capability Solution
Organisations that get the balance right between management and leadership are more likely to motivate their people to want to endeavour and thrive on the chaos that disruption can bring. These organisations can adapt quickly because they have, at the heart of their cultures, three core abilities:
- Awareness: The ability to identify, prioritise and communicate the adaptations required to thrive.
- Leadership: The ability to inspire people in the organisation to want to deliver the adaptations required.
- Learning: The ability to benefit from the experience of trying to deliver the adaptations required.
Take our quick quiz
If you would like to understand how adaptive your organisation is, please click here to take our free 2 min quiz. Your score will generate some insights into your adaptive health as an organisation and suggest at where you may need to focus to better take advantage of the chaos!
