Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context, is the thoughtful analysis of nine expert authors from around the globe who put VUCA under the microscope and take the reader on a journey that looks at VUCA from a number of different leadership perspectives. Through their research and writing these nine authors seek to provide sense-making and insights that are combined with practical tips and frameworks to help leadership embrace this new VUCA context and learn how to thrive within it. The book suggests ways in which organizational leadership can seek to develop both the self and the organization to systemically and ethically address VUCA with innovation, collaboration, and cultural intelligence, whilst also effectively managing the self with resilience and flow, and supporting everyone in the organization with effective systems coaching. Visionary Leadership in a Turbulent World: Thriving in the New VUCA Context, by the collaboration that engendered it, the innovation and research that supported it, and the teamwork that brought it to completion in the midst of real VUCA moments, models the principles and practices outlined in this excellent book.
About the Author: Madeleine ("Mads") van der Steege, MA (Soc. Sc.), is a managing editor, award-winning female entrepreneur, business coach, researcher and writer on entrepreneurship, leadership, culture and gender issues. Madeleine comes from a family of entrepreneurs. She was a pioneer in the field of mediation in South Africa and later moved into general management and management assessment, training and development. In 2004 she won the 'BWA Woman of the Year Regional Entrepreneur' award. In 2007 she and her family relocated to the Netherlands, where she set up European operations and virtual warehousing for her sister's Vancouver-based, organic pet food company Cranimals.com. In 2013 she returned to the organization and human development field when she founded Synquity, providing leadership solutions in the EU. She is currently EU representative of TLH Auctioneers and Adjunct Professor, Business & Management Department, Webster University, Leiden. She is a member of the management board of The Bijlmer Project which seeks to empower trafficked women (www.thebijlmerproject.com). Madeleine has been involved with GLI (Global Leadership Initiatives) since its inception. She lives with her husband and three children in a picturesque village in the beautiful flower bulb region of the Netherlands.