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Great leadership in a VUCA world of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity resides in the constructive tension between healthy relationships and dynamic change. The word radical aptly describes a new style of leadership for a VUCA world because it captures this sense of constructive tension. The Latin origin of the word radical means "back to the roots" while in the modern vernacular, radical has come to mean out on the leading edge of change. The roots of great leadership is healthy relationships, but the fruit of great leadership is the ability to thrive in a rapidly changing world. If a leader is so focused on relationships that they let people stay in their comfort zones, or if they are so focused on change that they leave the team behind, the result in either case is organizational decay and decline.
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Ron Holifield is founder and CEO of Strategic Government Resources (SGR) , a firm dedicated to helping local governments recruit, assess, and develop innovative, collaborative, authentic leaders. Since 1999, he has grown SGR into the one of the largest private sector recruiting, interim placement, and training company in the nation that specializes in servant leadership, management, and customer service for local governments in the nation. He is a frequent speaker at state and national conferences and remains high profile in the city management profession. Consulting clients have included some of the leading corporate names in America such as American Express, Xerox, IBM, PeopleSoft, Verizon, Aramark, Space Imaging, NASA, and many more.Holifield is the author of 4th Dimension Leadership: A Radical Strategy for Creating an Authentic Servant Leadership Culture. Ron lives in Keller, Texas. To learn more about Ron please visit www.ronholifield.com.
