Adaptive Challenges An Overview with Intriguing Questions and Applicability By: Farah Shakil Source: Northouse, P. G. (2016). Chapter 11: Adaptive Leadership. In Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Adaptive Leadership Process Leaders help followers adapt to changes. Identify the Adaptive Challenges Source: Northouse, P. G. (2016). Chapter 11: Adaptive Leadership. In Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Source: Northouse, P. G. (2016). Chapter 11: Adaptive Leadership. In Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage., Page 261 Adaptive Leadership Model by Northhouse / Adaptive Leadership Model by Northhouse / Heifetz

Adaptive Challenges: Problems that are not easily identifiable or solved by authority, expertise or the usual way of doing things in the organization. Source: Northouse, P. G. (2016). Chapter 11: Adaptive Leadership. In Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Observe, Analyze and Diagnose

Adaptive challenges require people to change: Values Perceptions Beliefs Attitudes Source: Northouse, P. G. (2016). Chapter 11: Adaptive Leadership. In Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Adaptive Values Emotions Challenge Disrupting Resistance Acceptance Change Support Mobilize Adopt Innovation Evaluate, Question, Re-Learn, Risks, Engage, Collaborate Adaptive Challenges

“ ” ― Ronald A. Heifetz, The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World Leadership is a difficult practice personally because it almost always requires you to make a challenging adaptation yourself. What makes adaptation complicated is that it involves deciding what is so essential that it must be preserved going forward and what of all that you value can be left behind.

Define challenges Encourage, support, motivate Mobilize Implement solutions What is the role of the leader in adaptive challenges? Define challenges Encourage, support, motivate Mobilize Implement solutions Source: Northouse, P. G. (2016). Chapter 11: Adaptive Leadership. In Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Leaders encourage and help people adapt to the change. How can leaders help followers change their value, or belief systems to adapt to the change? Leaders need communication, collaboration, coaching, conflict management, effective team building, building trust and displaying ethics. Image Source: Source: Northouse, P. G. (2016). Chapter 11: Adaptive Leadership. In Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Adaptive Change Patterns Gap Between Values and Behaviour Unspeakable or Risky Work Avoidance Competing Commitments Patterns of Complex Adaptive Challenges Source: Northouse, P. G. (2016). Chapter 11: Adaptive Leadership. In Leadership: Theory and practice (7th ed.). Thousand Oaks, CA: Sage.

Gap Between Values & Behaviour in Organization: How can a leader without official power bring change in a non-profit, while being opposed by a fraction of the board and a senior Principal of another similar program under that same board who feel threatened by the introduction of a new evening program fearing that their own well established higher fees day program may see lower enrollment, despite knowing this new program helps lower income students and families, and those who cannot be accommodated by the day program due to its limited spots?