The next five years will be a critical time for talent management because by 2030 even the youngest Baby Boomers will turn 65. But there’s a persistent challenge to making the most of your people’s potential: when it’s time for change, we too often reach outside the organization, dreaming of that superstar who is just waiting to arrive – if only we can find them.
This keynote explores how successful organizations and leaders take action in these circumstances. Often, action precedes certainty, as they move quickly. But what’s more surprising is that these organizations actually use that action to generate the confidence they’re seeking, in a way that “more consulting and analysis” simply can’t.
My keynote "The Leader We Needed Was Us" challenges the traditional hero-centric leadership model by revealing how embracing collective leadership enables organizations to maintain both speed and coherence in even the most challenging circumstances. Drawing from my experience leading high-stakes pandemic response initiatives, I share frameworks for cultivating distributed leadership capabilities that serve daily operations, succession planning, and crisis response.
In today's business environment, leaders face mounting pressure to drive change quickly while maintaining clarity and direction, often sacrificing deep engagement in the name of speed. Yet this approach typically yields disappointing results: a revolving door of initiatives, minimal lasting impact, and teams who grow increasingly cynical about the possibility of meaningful change.
So how do non-profit organizations work – or not? On this episode of Open to Debate, David Moscrop talks with Brooke Struck, strategy facilitator and the founder and CEO of the firm Converge (http://convergehere.com/).
