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Dave Stachowiak, host of the Coaching For Leaders podcast, explores dealing with complexity in a conversation with leadership expert Jennifer Garvey Berger. She maintains that handling a complex issue – as opposed to a complicated one – requires letting go of expectations, relying on many different people, and knowing when to stop. She warns leaders that complexity always involves uncontrollable factors. She explains how to embrace what you can’t control by creating conditions that increase your likelihood of success, like setting flexible goals. When you fail at a project, learn from it by discussing what happened, how, and why. As Berger recounts from her experiences, when problems get complex, even experts must confront their natural aversion to failure.
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About the Podcast
CEO of the Cultivating Leadership consultancy, Jennifer Garvey Berger is the author of Unlocking Leadership Mindtraps, Changing on the Job, Simple Habits for Complex Times (co-authored with Keith Johnston), and Unleash Your Complexity Genius (co-authored with Carolyn Coughlin). David Stachowiak hosts the Coaching for Leaders podcast.
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