Agility: Leading in uncertain times, resilience, experimentation

Change is constant and is everywhere. When all around you is changing, it is important to be aware of your focus and purpose. What are the challenges you face today in focusing on what is important in your day-to-day life and maximizing your productivity? While some challenges present themselves as blockers, we will experiment with practical enablers that allow leaders to impact their context. We build on the circles of concern and influence and exercise proactivity and agility. We draw the picture of our mindware and we look at mindset and how we can move from a knower’s mindset to a growth mindset. Growth mindset is a necessity for leading in uncertain times. 

Agile leaders do not come with advice easily. They ask the questions that allow their people to grow. We can practise the various levels of listening and questioning to move people up and improve results. Clarity is what helps us manage uncertainty. Clarity about our goal, clarity in sharing the message and checking others perception before moving forward. How do we recognise and bypass the biases that keep us from being successful as leaders? We can work with the ladder of inference to show that we easily fall short to several biases and behavioural hacks. (Being right, simple story…). We will see how the adaptability quotient (IQ x EQ x CQ x AQ) is the capability to effectively adjust course, across multiple dimensions, at multiple depths and scale, simultaneously. 

IE Prof. Wim Robert Focquet

Wim Robert Focquet is a human science and technology expert, advisor and keynote speaker. He is a thought leader on leadership and the impact of neurolinguistics and behavioural elasticity on people and business. He is a lecturer at various business schools and concentrates on helping leaders and organizations in areas like strategy development, leadership development and organizational change.

He is coaching and mentoring leaders to improve the conversation with the environment and encourages them to tap into their authentic self in a wide variety of industries across globally. Nowadays his focus is on optimizing life at work and managing work-life integration in remote and hybrid workplaces.

Wim is recognized for his ability to connect people cross-culturally and his relationship building based on mutual trust. He delivers direct feedback, invites leaders to show vulnerability and openness, with empathy and a sense of humor, including challenging invitations for reflection and options to change. Key areas of interventions: Culture and Behavioral Change, Talent Management, Leadership Development, Senior Leadership Team Building and Strategic Alignment.

In these areas he includes the learnings of positive leadership, behavioral elasticity and decision making. He helps to improve the conversations and develop the behaviors and attitudes necessary for success in the digital workplace.

Wim is founder and Academic Director of the Master Program in HR and Talent Development (TDHR) at the IE University in Madrid. He is currently Global Head of People and Culture within Gala, a web-3 blockchain entertainment group that focuses on improving the way games, music and film are enjoyed.

He  is holding a master degree in Germanic Philology from Ghent University. He complemented this with a master's degree in Management and Commercial Communications and an MBA in Marketing Management at Vlerick Management School.

He works in English, Spanish, French and Dutch.