“Leadership Development on skis: a mirror towards growth mindset”
Learn to adopt in times of Global Turmoil and Technological disruption. A journey beyond the beaten track.
As the World Economic Forum* puts it in one of its articles, leaders are now expected to be “inclusive visionaries and tech-savvy innovators” who can steer organizations through disruption. These shifts in leadership are not an option, they’re existential.
* article WEF
What leaders need to learn and improve:
- Scenario Thinking: plan for multiple futures, not just for one. This means mastering uncertainty and building flexible strategies.
- Systems Thinking & decision making: Understanding how tech, politics, economics, and society interconnect helps leaders make smarter, more holistic decisions.
- Data Fluency: interpret data, question algorithms, and make informed decisions in AI-driven environments.
- Human-Centric & Inclusive Leadership leverage human centricity and ethics in an automated world
- Global Awareness and Geo-political literacy intercultural acumen and adaptive communication; uderstanding political trends and impact on business.
How do I manage stress, ambiguity and change and still support others?
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How do you make sure to maintain and develop the talent you need to close the gap towards transformation, while legacy slows you down?
Skiing and leadership
Incorporating relevant skiing skills and fitness principles into leadership development provides real-life examples of how developing ski skills can impact leadership development skills in real-world scenarios.
- Self-reflection and self-awareness: Skiing safely requires a great deal of self-awareness and self-reflection. Skiers must assess their own skill level and that of others engaging in traffic, identify areas for improvement, and work to build their abilities. Similarly, leaders must develop a strong sense of self-awareness in order to recognize their own strengths and weaknesses and work to build their leadership skills. Under- and overestimating own abilities
- Vision and Foresight: A leader must be able to anticipate challenges and opportunities while staying focused on the bigger picture and be prepared to change course in the midst of ambiguity, pressure and angst.
- Overcoming Fear, Taking Risks, build resilience: Skiing requires you to push through fear and take calculated risks, which is also a necessary skill for leaders. A leader must be willing to take risks and step outside of their comfort zone to achieve goals and drive organizational success.
- Communication and Teamwork: Communication and teamwork are integral to both skiing and leadership. Clear and adaptive communication is paramount in leading your team, and crucial for success.
- Continuous Learning and Improvement mindset: Finally, both skiing and leadership require continuous learning and improvement. In skiing, you are always learning new techniques and ways to improve your skills, and in leadership, a good leader is always seeking to learn, grow and continuously improve their leadership skills.
- The importance of physical fitness: “Mens sana in corpore sano.” Keep up with the pace.
Philosophy
We work with palpable limits and self awareness
According to leadership expert – and Harvard Business School professor – Linda Hill, “Becoming a (great) leader is a journey of continuous learning and growth, and […] a process of self-development, especially when facing adversity.”
Leadership coaching on ski gives you a palpable sense of your growth areas and The program brings together personal development, leadership behavioral styles, fitness of mind and body, and passion for continuous learning and growth in leadership.
At the core of the method of Bird Cage sits navigation outside personal comfort and safety zones, building competencies and more sophisitaced and holistic ways of looking at yourself, the world and your business and what it takes towards the future. Decision making processes, self awareness, team work, resilience and creativity are topics that we work with.
The sessions are intens, so make sure to be fit and well rested. We make effective use of all the different uses of time on the slopes and in the lift and during breaks.
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