LIVING AND LEADING THROUGH UNCERTAINTY

This book is intended for those who have an interest in:

• Understanding more about leaders’ lived experience of uncertainty,
• What a capability for uncertainty is and the key components which constitute it,
• Guidelines for developing leaders’ capability for uncertainty.

There are three parts to the book:

Part A – The first chapter clarifies the meaning of experienced uncertainty as a precursor to exploring leaders’ lived experience of uncertainty. In the second chapter, the notion of a capability for uncertainty is explained.

Part B – Incorporates five chapters, with each one addressing a key component of a capability of uncertainty.

These components are:

1. an acceptance of uncertainty,
2. effective sense-making,
3. learning agility,
4. a sense of positive identity, and
5. relevant leadership practices during organisational uncertainty.

Part C – Addresses the implications for leadership development in organisations towards developing leaders’ capability for uncertainty more intentionally and explicitly.