Jacqueline Conway
Embracing paradox in executive leadership
12:15 PM to 1:00 PM EST
Executive leaders want to be agile and responsive in a disrupted world. But to do so, they must reconcile seemingly contradictory approaches to meet competing workplace demands. These show up as paradoxes: the relevance of which is increasingly recognised as central to the success of executive leaders.
What are the four fundamental paradoxes facing every executive leadership team operating in a complex environment? And how can leaders learn to work effectively with them? That’s what Jacqueline outlines in this enlivening presentation.
Jacqueline presents the three fundamental paradoxes that executive leaders are confronted with. outlines the impact their ability to develop agility and resilience in their organisations. These are: functional/enterprise leadership, incremental/discontinuous change, and control/empowerment management. For each one, Jacqueline outlines the conundrums that executives are confronted with and the habitual ways these leaders typically respond. She then outlines a way to hold these in a dynamic balance, respecting the organisation as a complex adaptive system that a leader works in rather and on.
About Jacqueline Conway
Jacqueline is a ExCo advisor and coach, working with progressive CEOs and their top teams to develop their collective enterprise leadership: the advanced capacity to anticipate, navigate and lead in the age of complexity.
She is the founder and Managing Director of Waldencroft, a consulting practice based in Edinburgh and working internationally.
Her work combines academic rigour with deep practicality. She has a PhD in executive team functioning from the Adam Smith Business School and is a professional Futurist.
Jacqueline is also the host of the Advanced Executive Leadership podcast and author of The Perilous Peak, a digest for executives leading in a disrupted world.