--- title: Leadership resilience in a VUCA world? This time it really is all about you description: Download Cranfield's article, Leadership in a VUCA world and find out more about our Personal Transformation Programme... image: https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/iStock_85080893_LARGE-green.jpg --- [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/CGMD%20Blog/Images/CGMD%20Images/Logos/Marques-SoM.png?width=1&name=Marques-SoM.png)](http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som) [![Marques-SoM](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/Marques-SoM.png?width=85&name=Marques-SoM.png)](http://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som)   - [Home](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge) - Featured - [CEO Summit](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ceo-summit-2021) - Categories - [Changing World of Work](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/changing-world-of-work) - [Digital Transformation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/digital-transformation) - [Economics](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/economics) - [Entrepreneurship](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/entrepreneurship) - [Finance and Accounting](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/finance-and-accounting) - [Implementation](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/implementation) - [Leadership](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/leadership) - [Logistics and Supply Chain](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/logistics-and-supply-chain) - [Organisational Behaviour](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-behaviour) - [Organisational Resilience](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/topic/organisational-resilience) - [Strategic Marketing and Sales](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategic-marketing-and-sales) - [Strategy](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/strategy) - [Sustainability](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/sustainability) - [Executive Development](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/executive-development) - Content - [Articles](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/article) - [Whitepapers](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/whitepaper) - [eBooks](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/ebook) - [Podcasts](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/podcast) - [Webinars](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/webinar) - [Videos](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/knowledge/tag/video) - Programmes - [Open Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/open-executive-programmes) - [Customised Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development/consultancy-and-custom-solutions) - [MBA Programmes ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/cranfield-mba-programmes) - [Master's Apprenticeships ↗](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/management-and-leadership-masterships) - [The Blog](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev) [![JOIN THE KNOWLEDGE HUB](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/b9b69d4d-7ced-4ee8-bd11-b66d3bd4d1b7) ### Subscribe you blog for exclusive insights. ![](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/iStock_85080893_LARGE-green.jpg) read # Leadership resilience in a VUCA world? This time it really is all about you By Dr Ido van der Heijden  ![iStock_85080893_LARGE-green.jpg](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/ED%20Blog/ED%20Images/OEP/Praxis/iStock_85080893_LARGE-green.jpg?width=597&name=iStock_85080893_LARGE-green.jpg) #### VUCA, which stands for Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity, is a mnemonic coined by the US Army War College in the early 90s that is becoming ever more commonplace and popular. In leadership and management circles it is used to describe environments or contexts which have qualities that make traditional ideas and approaches to leadership unsuitable. #### **What frameworks or approaches can we use effectively to manage leadership in a VUCA world?** At Cranfield School of Management, we have found that resilience is something that emerges not just from what you think, but also how you think and how you feel, appreciate, understand, conceptualise and process your environment. No text book can teach you that. Dr Ido van der Heijden, Programme Director of Personal Tranformation for Leaders, says, “Helping people build security in themselves is the key to a higher sense of self belief. When we have helped people gain that foundation we are able to support people in not only understanding their environment, but enhancing how they relate to it."   #### We've created a downloadable article giving you insight into the how to manage leadership in a VUCA world.   [![Find out more](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/95e815f0-0a07-407a-a5e9-898a7ae8483f.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/95e815f0-0a07-407a-a5e9-898a7ae8483f)  [![Leading organisational resilience click through](https://hubspot-no-cache-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/default/417879/d4a47401-7f92-444d-bc46-1f209936ac62.png)](https://hubspot-cta-redirect-eu1-prod.s3.amazonaws.com/cta/redirect/417879/d4a47401-7f92-444d-bc46-1f209936ac62) Tags: [Cranfield School of Management](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [praxis centre for leadership development](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/praxis-centre-for-leadership-development), [exec-feature](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature), [family business](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/family-business), [developing leadership](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/developing-leadership), [executive development](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/executive-development) ### Related Articles ## [Opening up opportunities to enhance leadership skills](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/opening-up-opportunities-to-enhance-leadership-skills) *( read )* Topics: [Cranfield School of Management](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [praxis centre for leadership development](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/praxis-centre-for-leadership-development), [exec-feature](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature), [family business](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/family-business), [developing leadership](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/developing-leadership), [executive development](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/executive-development) ## [The future of work needs collaboration between humans and artificial intelligence](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/future-of-work-collaboration-between-humans-and-ai) *( read )* Topics: [Cranfield School of Management](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [praxis centre for leadership development](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/praxis-centre-for-leadership-development), [exec-feature](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature), [family business](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/family-business), [developing leadership](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/developing-leadership), [executive development](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/executive-development) ## [Lifelong learning opens the barriers to growth and development](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/lifelong-learning-opens-the-barriers-to-growth-and-development) *( read )* Topics: [Cranfield School of Management](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/cranfield-school-of-management), [praxis centre for leadership development](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/praxis-centre-for-leadership-development), [exec-feature](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/exec-feature), [family business](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/family-business), [developing leadership](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/developing-leadership), [executive development](http://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/execdev/topic/executive-development) [![cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo](https://blog.som.cranfield.ac.uk/hs-fs/hubfs/cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png?width=300&name=cranfieldexecutivedevelopmentlogo.png)](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/executive-development) - - - - - - © Cranfield Management Development Ltd - **[execdev@cranfield.ac.uk](mailto:execdev@cranfield.ac.uk)  ·  [+44 (0)1234 754500](tel:+44%20(0)%201234%20754500)**  ·  [Privacy Policy](https://www.cranfield.ac.uk/som/privacy-policy)