According to Flow theory, skills are needed to master Challenges and thus get possibly into Flow-state. But how do you define 'Challenges' in business and leadership?
Any ideas on how to categorise business and leadership challenges, a taxonomy?
Please help/advise!
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Today, companies are facing tremendous challenges of how to provide the agility that came from "craft-manufacturing"; with the cost benefits that were the results öf "mass-production";. & "Concurrent Engineering";, coupled with automation efforts, is becoming vital in maintaining a competitive posture in today's marketplace.
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This may be of interest: http://systemicleadershipinstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2011/05/Keith-Grint-problems-paper.pdf
Essentially, Grint argues that diagnosing the construction of a problem (critical, tame, wicked) enables you to work out which mode to respond in (command, management or leadership).
Business / leadership challenges today are: a) Strategic use of CSR for sustainability & growth, b) Organizational agility for flexibility & innovation, c) Business model & competitive advantage.
Isn't leadership challenge different from business challenge? some of the common leadership challenges are
1. EXTERNAL CHALLENGE - balancing the organization's and employees' interest, coping with organizational changes and convincing followers, handling conflicts and so on.
2. INTERNAL CHALLENGE - standing as the most confident person, working with essential leadership attributes (tolerance, patience, communication skills, ability to defend oneself and the team), maintaining image as selfless leader, staying focused on objective and so on.
However, if looked from another perspective, business challenges can be external to issues of human resources, I believe.
In The Work of Leaders: How Vision, Alignment, and Execution Will Change the Way You Lead, authors Julie Straw, et al., posit that leadership can be defined by three areas of effort: Vision, Alignment, and Execution (what WE call Enablement). Your question about categorization of challenges could be addressed by assigning any leadership need or task to one of these three leader missions.
I don't want to dissert on this topic here; if you'd like a more complete explanation, either read their book, or connect with me at [email protected]. I'd be happy to set up a chat with you about it.
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