SURVIVING  DURING  CHANGE  &  TURBULENCE  

PRESENTER:  SAMUEL  NJENGA    

AGENDA  

Perspec'ves  for  a  Changing  World    

 Complexity    

&    Anxiety  

Self-­‐differen'a'on  

§  Murray  Bowen  and  Family  Systems  Theory  §  OrganizaIons  are  emoIonal  spaces  §  OrganizaIon  characterized  by  constant  movements  to  

find  stability    §  These  movements  while  created  by  the  need  to  manage  

anxiety  also  create  anxiety  §  Unmanaged,  anxiety  can  lead  to  STUCKNESS  

PERSPECTIVES  FOR  A  CHANGING  WORLD  

Anxiety  can  be  triggered…    §  Change  of  leaders  §  OrganizaIonal  restructuring    §  ShorSall  in  the  budget  or  revenue  §  Large  Projects  §  Audit  and  report  sessions  §  Influx  of  new  members  §  Loss  of  members  §  Significant  changes  announced  §  Exclusion  from  important  decisions  

COMPLEXITY  AND  ANXIETY  

Symptoms  of  chronic  anxiety-­‐  stuckness  • ReacIvity  • Herding    • Blame-­‐  scapegoaIng  • Quick  fix  mentality  • Lack  of  well  differenIated  leadership  • PreoccupaIon  with  past  successes  • Fixing  image  and  percepIon  rather  than  ‘the  problem’.    

COMPLEXITY  AND  ANXIETY  

The  collec've/  dominant  

stories  of  an  organisa'on  

Self  differen'ated  leadership  

Followership  

Measurements  

Structure  

The  leadership  role  • Leadership  is  an  interacIve  relaIonship  between  individuals.    • Learning  to  lead  does  not  mean  learning  methods  to  change  yourself  to  fit  a  leadership  role.  Rather  it  means  learning  how  to  bring  more  of  who  you  truly  are.  (Short,  1991,  p.  viii).  • Thus,  leadership  is  more  about  clarity  of  self  than  it  is  about  technique  or  data.  

SELF-­‐DIFFERENTIATION  

Short,  R  (1991)  cited  in  hJp://www.jimforce.ca/Differen'atedLeadership.pdf    

Self-­‐differenIated  presence  1.   having  clarity  about  one's  own  life  principles,  

vision  and  goals,  2.   being  able  to  remain  calm  in  the  presence  of  

others'  anxiety  and  reacIvity,  3.   being  separate  while  being  connected  

SELF-­‐DIFFERENTIATION  

Email: njengasammy@gmail.com Cell: 0820871962