Why leaders can’t use yesterday’s logic to solve today’s problems
For companies to navigate their way through current challenges, they need leaders who are able to innovate their way out of the difficulties. PHOTO | FILE | NATION MEDIA GROUP
A lot of leaders are currently struggling with one simple challenge. They face problems that are totally different from the ones they were trained for. The result is a highly trained workforce that has no capacity for the problems they face on a day-to-day basis.
As a result, more and more companies are having to lay off many of their employees or close down altogether. The problem is not with the people. It is with the inability of leaders to innovate their way out of the challenges. There is a mindset that takes institutions forward that defies convention. Many leaders have read great books on leadership and want to execute the things that they read line for line. That season is over. I have seen leaders execute great ideas that yield disastrous results.
