Anticipating Reality

The skill of anticipating should not go unnoticed in leadership circles. What does the anticipatory leader do? S/he gets folks to look at what's going on right now (i.e. the present) rather than prognosticate. Then, the leader asks a simple question, "Based on what we know right now, relative to what we're doing right now, what are the consequences for us, as an institution?"

It is up to the leader to pose such a question, but, when you think about it, his/her leadership team needs to be a bunch of top-notch "noticers", meaning that they need to be able to read reality with great clarity.