Soft Skills, Adaptive Leaders 
Winning organizations pivot in turbulent times – yet never lose sight of their North Star. Amidst uncertainty, successful leaders adapt. As change accelerates, Learning and Development has a clear agenda – to cultivate the “soft” yet enduring skills of adaptive leadership.

These include:

• Value creation – everywhere.
• Collaboration: Solving problems jointly with others.
• Influence: Persuading others, building alignment.
• Transformation: Enabling and accelerating change.

What leadership capabilities are essential for “the future of work”? How can we turn episodic training into continuous real-time development? How do action learning, spaced learning, instructor-led, and other modalities cultivate the mindset and soft skills of adaptive leadership? Review Vantage Partners’ recent research, thinking, and joint exploration with our clients, reflected in this collection of articles, tools, and on-demand resources from this tumultuous summer’s shared learning journey.

A Collection of Articles on Collaboration, Influence, and Stakeholder Alignment
Project teams, enterprise-wide initiatives, and matrixed reporting lines means more of us are increasingly dependent on the cooperation of others, over whom we have no formal authority, to complete tasks and achieve our goals.  Today, more than ever, the skills of collaboration, influence, and stakeholder alignment are critical for achieving goals across all levels of an organization.  In this collection of articles, you will find insights from our research and work with global organizations over the last 30 years, as well as concepts, ideas, and tools.   

HBR Collection 
Vantage has published seven feature articles in Harvard Business Review since 1999, ranging from articles on collaboration, alliances, and negotiation. Our latest article, titled “What’s Your Negotiation Strategy”, is in the July/August 2020 Issue and you can download a complimentary copy at this HRB collection page.

Align and Adapt 
The pandemic, its economic consequences, and the urgent calls for racial and social justice have changed the world around us. We see new risks, opportunities, and most of all a great deal of uncertainty around our relationships with customers, suppliers, and business partners. As we struggle to respond, anticipate, and change, alignment matters more than ever. 
Vantage has helped clients facing these and other challenges to align and adapt – during these trying times, and through other difficult disruptions. Through this align and adapt page, there is a diverse range of resources and insights that you may find useful in your role and within your organization.

Learning Lab Fall 2020 Virtual Event: Leaning into Virtual: What We’ve Learned Thus Far about Magnifying L&D’s Impact across the Organization What lessons have L&D leaders learned this year about going virtual—and how do we get ready and sustain learning if (as it appears) we’re staying virtual for the longer haul? How are we are navigating the changing virtual landscape and other challenges of turbulence? How, amidst all, is L&D seizing upon opportunities emerging this year to magnify learning impact (when we need it the most)?
Join us at this 90 minute virtual event on Oct 6, where peer learning leaders discuss these crucial questions—and discover what learning leaders from different industries, with similar virtual learning challenges, are implementing successfully (or not!) in their organizations.