004 When The Rules No Longer Hold: Making Leadership Decisions When Stability Can't Be Assumed скачать в хорошем качестве

004 When The Rules No Longer Hold: Making Leadership Decisions When Stability Can't Be Assumed

When leaders say things are “breaking down,” it’s often not because people aren’t trying hard enough. It’s because the conditions have changed. Rules that once produced clarity stop holding. Actions that used to stabilize things begin to create side effects. Problems resurface — even after they’ve supposedly been “solved.” In the previous video, I explored why the instinct to clamp down under pressure feels so natural — and why it often works when cause-and-effect relationships are stable. This video marks a shift. When stability can’t be assumed, leadership begins to move from execution toward sense-making — from enforcing answers to helping people re-establish a shared way of understanding what’s happening now. This isn’t about abandoning discipline. It’s about recognizing that coherence can’t be commanded — it has to be rebuilt. This video is part of an ongoing series on leadership under pressure, sense-making, and working effectively in complex environments where traditional, rules-based approaches stop being reliable guides. Next: In the next video, I’ll begin to name why some leadership situations resist resolution altogether — and why the language we use to describe them matters more than we often realize. — Gary Monti Center for Managing Change