Transforming Your Leadership Culture

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To what extent is leadership capable of effectively addressing ambi-
guity and uncertainty associated with complex challenges?

To what extent have prior change initiatives been hampered by com-
peting time pressures?

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Time pressures have

not been a barrier

Time pressures have

been used as an

excuse not to change

Time pressures are

always a major

constraint

To what extent is the executive team willing to engage in the uncer-
tain, ambiguous process of guiding organization change, not suppressing
or controlling it?

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Team is not currently

willing

Team vacillates

between exploration

and suppression

Team actively

engages uncertainty

and demonstrates

capability to share

control

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Leadership is very

cautious in dealing

with ambiguity and

uncertainty

Capability exists in

some but not all

Leadership uses

ambiguity and

uncertainty as a

driver for change