Adaptive leadership
Adaptive leadership is a leadership framework that helps individuals and organizations adapt and thrive in challenging environments. It is being able, both individually and collectively, to take on the gradual but meaningful process of change.
The Work of Leadership
Learn about the value of staying flexible and adaptable, and how to support these qualities in your employees.
Harvard Business Review
Adaptive Change
A quick glance at The Work of Leadership, highlighting leadership strategies for adaptive change.
Harvard Business Review’s The Work of Leadership
Leadership Books by Ronald A. Heifetz
Ronald Heifetz co-developed the adaptive leadership framework. His research focuses on the study of leadership and building the adaptive capacity within organizations and societies. He has several books that are helpful for understanding adaptive leadership.
Ronald A. Heifetz
The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
This synopsis introduces you to the promising concepts in Hiefetz’s book, in a breezy, illustrative way.
Adel Panahi
SWITCH PATHWAYS
We move through change each day – it is a constant in our lives. These are the building blocks of sustainability for living in this moment and throughout the long road ahead.
There can be a deep sense of urgency for change that drives us to action before we have fully aligned our purpose and outcomes. This can lead to disruptions, unnecessary conflict and ultimately failure of our plans. Here are valuable guides for aligning intention and action to save energy, resources and time.
To make change in our society, we need to understand the fundamentals of how decision making happens, in our teams, through our social identities, and in our systems of power.
Work for diversity, equity and inclusion achieves lasting impact when we orient our energy towards structural change and integrate structural change tools into our programs and operations. This pathway provides support for analyzing structures and transforming them for justice.
Breaking the status quo and opening up new possibilities for equity and freedom in our work requires innovative experiments. Teams must ensure that all members have the ability to act on the vision and goals they are co-creating.
Our minds cannot move toward racial justice, equity or transformation if our bodies are not prepared for change. This pathway offers those preparations that we have found most beneficial to adult learning.
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