The Executive Whisperer: How Linda (Lin) C. Coughlin is Reimagining Leadership in Times of Significant Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity, and Ambiguity
Is Your Leadership Strategy Built for What’s Coming Next? Change is constant and becoming more challenging to lead in a VUCA world (Volatile, Uncertain, Complex, Ambiguous). Even the most accomplished executives find themselves overwhelmed. The stakes are high—culture shifts, transactions, board pressures, the vagaries of imposter syndrome, and digital disruption are no longer episodic events. They are the new normal. According to McKinsey, 70% of transformation efforts fail due to a lack of leadership alignment, cultural resistance, or emotional burnout. While organizations invest heavily in strategy, too few invest in the one factor that makes strategy succeed or fail: the humans who are responsible for planning and executing disruptive departures from the status quo. So what if there were a way to help leaders navigate the storm—not with a manual, but with a mirror? What if the most powerful transformation doesn’t start with a business model, but with a conversation? Tha...