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In this episode of The Power Between by Ideas for Leaders, host Roddy Millar speaks with Dr Jacqueline Conway, Founder & Principal Director of Waldencroft. Jacqueline shares insights from her research on executive readiness and the challenges leaders face in a fast-changing world. She explains how senior leaders can work better together, develop the right skills, and prepare their teams for future disruption through smart leadership and teamwork.

Dr Jacqueline Conway, a leadership coach and founder of Waldencroft, shares her journey of helping senior leaders deal with constant change. She talks about her research on executive readiness and how leaders can grow by working together. Jacqueline explains how teamwork, real-time learning, and new thinking can help leaders stay calm, plan ahead, and guide their teams through complex times.

Key Topics:

• Executive Readiness: Why senior leaders need new skills to face constant change and disruption in today’s world.
• Leading as a Team: How leadership at the top works best when done together, not alone.
• Real-Time Development: Why learning while working on real problems helps leaders grow faster.
• Middle Manager Role: The important part mid-level leaders play in spotting change early and keeping teams on track.
• Shifting Leadership Focus: How leaders must change their thinking as they move higher in an organization.

Timestamps:

[00:00] Teaser

[01:12] Jacqueline shares her background and interest in senior leadership challenges

[02:52] How non-stop disruption is overwhelming today’s executive leaders

[05:48] The three executive readiness gaps: cognitive, relational, and developmental

[07:52] Why traditional leadership training no longer fits today’s fast-changing world

[09:52] The need for collective leadership at the C-suite level

[14:07] Coaching vs. in-context learning: two paths to leadership growth

[19:03] Using futures thinking, moral awareness, and context-based learning

[22:50] Four key leadership shifts: time, task, complexity, and ethics

[25:19] Why clear roles matter at each level of leadership in an organization

[32:52] Ethical risks and lessons from the 2008 financial crisis

[38:32] Balancing control with agency: the need to trust capable mid-level teams

[41:11] Helping C-suite leaders shift focus from doing to leading

[43:01] Coaching leaders through uncertainty and collective work

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