Leadership Conversations: Challenging High Potential Managers to Become Great Leaders

CHAPTER 24

Inspiring People in Turbulent Times

In any moment of decision, the best thing you can do is the right thing and the next best thing is the wrong thing—the worst thing you can do is nothing.

—THEODORE ROOSEVELT

Today’s global economy is characterized by rapid and unpredictable change. The challenge of such turbulent times can only be met by employing an appropriate blend of the leadership and management mindsets. You must sense and adapt to change. Sometimes adapting will require innovation, and other times it may mean renewing an old best practice. Because change is unpredictable, it follows that your actions may be different too—at least from the viewpoint that actions that worked yesterday may not work as well today. Conduct leadership ...