In Corona Times -- HBR advices us on 6 Strategies for Leading Through Uncertainty
Uncertainty is unavoidable. As a manager, you need to be
prepared to lead your team through murky waters, but doing so requires getting
in the right mindset yourself. Here are six tips to help you shift your
perspective:
- Embrace the discomfort of not knowing. Move from a know-it-all to a learn-it-all mindset. You
don’t need to have all the answers.
- Distinguish between "complicated" and "complex"
issues. They require different
solutions.
- Let go of perfectionism. Instead, aim for progress, expect mistakes, and
recognize that you have the ability to continually course correct as
needed.
- Resist the urge to oversimplify and come to quick conclusions. Take a disciplined approach to understanding both the
complexity of the situation and your own biases.
- Don’t go it alone. Connect with your peers who have their own set of experiences and perspectives to draw from.
- Zoom out. Taking a broad, systemic view of the issues at hand can reveal unexamined assumptions that would otherwise be invisible
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