Leadership U

Title: Leadership U- Accelerating Through the Crisis Curve

• Author: Gary Burnison

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• “Leadership is all about others—inspiring them to believe, then enabling that belief to become reality. That’s the essence of Leadership U: it starts with ‘U’ but it’s not about ‘U.’”

• the author lays out a framework—his “Six Degrees of Leadership”—to show leaders how to create change.

  • 1. Anticipate – foreseeing what lies ahead, amid ambiguity and uncertainty
  • 1. Navigate – course-correcting in real time,
  • 1. Communication – constantly connecting with others; the leader is both the messenger and the message
  • 1. Listen – breaking down the organizational hierarchy to gather insights at all levels — especially what the leader doesn’t want to hear
  • 1. Learn – applying learning agility, to “know what to do when you don’t know what to do”
  • 1. Lead – empowering others in a bottom-up culture that is more agile, innovative, and entrepreneurial than ever before.