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Deliberate Calm
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Deliberate Calm

How to Learn and Lead in a Volatile World

Jacqueline Brassey, Aaron De Smet and Michiel Kruyt
HarperBusiness, 2022

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8

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Self-mastery is the path to success, write McKinsey experts Jacqueline Brassey, Aaron De Smet and Michiel Kruyt. Their “Deliberate Calm” program draws from advanced neuroscience and leadership development practices to teach leaders how to handle challenges and crises with focus, resolve and self-discipline. They tell leaders how to manage their internal emotional environment and their external circumstances by following a four-week self-governance program and exercising four main skills,“adaptability, learning agility, awareness and emotional self-regulation.” The information on learning agility is sparse, but they present the other three areas and their self-development program with clarity and expertise.

Take-Aways

  • When pilot Chesley Sullenberger landed a commercial jet in the Hudson River, he exemplified “Deliberate Calm.”
  • Deliberate Calm calls on four skills: “adaptability, learning agility, awareness and emotional self-regulation.”
  • Adaptability – Thrive amid constant change in the “Adaptive Zone.”  

About the Authors

Jacqueline Brassey is a senior knowledge expert in McKinsey & Company’s People and Organizational Performance Practice. Aaron De Smet is a senior partner at McKinsey. Michiel Kruyt is a boardroom consultant and a McKinsey alum. 

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