Uncertainty and Leadership: Closest to a New Normal for Now

A few lines in a recent Center for Creative Leadership (CCL) newsletter captures perfectly the moment in which we live:

In his book, Leaders Make the Future: Ten New Leadership Skills for an Uncertain World, (Robert) Johansen says that leaders increasingly will face challenges that have no solutions. Of course, they will have to make decisions anyway.

The reality of making decisions despite uncertainty is the next normal for independent and international school leaders. Some will find their True North and navigate accordingly while others will wander.