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| Triple A : Agile, Adaptable, Alert |
You may have wondered why I did not post anything for a while... unusually.
Well, there are times to write and to act, and times to take a step back, to reflect and to think.
This often happens in times of CHANGE.
Change is good and change must not overwhelm you. In today's world, which is quite volatile (cf. a prior post on this blog), one must be very adaptable, agile and alert - The 3 A's :
- Adaptable means accepting change and taking in the causes and the consequences with no fear and no anxiety. This does not mean no stress, as stress results from unexpected situations and stimulates adrenaline (which is cool and helpful to manage). Leaders must be adaptable to change.
- Agile means being fast and very proactive in the times of change, notably in decision-making. When change hits, one must quickly grasp all inputs, envisage all possible routes and potential outcomes, and make the right decisions to master the effect of change, if not the change itself. Sometimes agility also means creating change, and mastering it. Leaders must be agile to take control of change.
- Alert means being open to all "signals" before, during and after change occurs. Change often makes people focus on their own situation, or the events immediately close to them. On the contrary, in any change situation, complex, uncertain and ambiguous, one must keep all eyes open and actively listen to the outside, focused outwards, to understand and interpret all facts, events, people, news, untold stuff etc. Leaders must be alert and be in control of the full change ecosystem, not self centered.
So in any given change context, do remember the Triple A attitude, and welcome change rather than resist or waste precious time.
Be inspired and connected by change !
PS: Next time I will tell you more about my personal big change... Indeed, I left Roland Berger Strategy Consultants in May to join Deloitte as a Senior Partner, member of the Consulting Executive Committe in France, leading the Consumer Business practice (clients in consumer goods, retail, luxury, travel, hospitality, leisure...) and co-leading the Strategy practice under famoud brand name Monitor, founded by the Harvard guru in strategy, Michael Porter.
