Dynamic Leadership Mastering Adaptive Strategies #251006

Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:

• Embrace the Adaptive Leadership Mindset: Differentiate technical problems from adaptive challenges and apply the appropriate leadership approach.

• Diagnose System Dynamics: Analyze organizational ecosystems, identify key stakeholders, and understand hidden alliances and conflicts.

• Mobilize Systems for Change: Orchestrate progress on adaptive challenges by regulating distress, directing attention, and giving the work back to the people.

• Foster Psychological Safety & Resilience: Build a culture where teams feel safe to experiment, learn from failure, and engage in candid dialogue.

• Execute Iterative Strategies: Utilize agile and experimental methods to test hypotheses, gather feedback, and adapt strategies quickly.

• Lead with Authenticity and Presence: Remain grounded, self-aware, and effective while navigating constant pressure and change.

This program is critical for leaders who operate in complex, fast-paced, or rapidly changing environments and are responsible for guiding others through uncertainty.

• Senior & Mid-Level Executives: Facing disruptive markets and needing to pivot organizational strategy.

• Project & Program Managers: Leading complex initiatives with shifting requirements and stakeholders.

• Innovation & Product Leaders: Driving new ventures and products in uncertain markets.

• HR & Organizational Development Directors: tasked with building adaptive capacity and change resilience within the organization.

• Team Leaders & Supervisors: managing teams that must be agile and responsive to change.

• High-Potential Employees: being groomed for leadership roles in dynamic future landscapes.

• Pre-assessment
• Live group instruction
• Use of real-world examples, case studies and exercises
• Interactive participation and discussion
• Power point presentation, LCD and flip chart
• Group activities and tests
• Each participant receives a binder containing a copy of the presentation
• slides and handouts
• Post-assessment

Day 1: The Foundation of Adaptive Leadership

• Morning: The New Leadership Reality

  • Module 1: Welcome & The Case for Adaptive Leadership: Thriving in a VUCA World.

  • Module 2: Technical Problems vs. Adaptive Challenges: Identifying the right problem to solve.

• Afternoon: The Leader’s Mindset

  • Module 3: The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Core principles – observational learning, interpretation, and intervention.

  • Workshop: “The Case Dilemma”: Analyze a real-world scenario to diagnose technical and adaptive components.

  • Day 1 Recap: Key insights and reflections.

Day 2: Diagnosing the System and Yourself

• Morning: Mapping the Ecosystem

  • Module 4: Organizational Politics & Stakeholder Mapping: Identifying key players, their influences, alliances, and losses.

  • Module 5: Listening for the Unspoken: Developing keen observation skills to hear the “song beneath the words.”

• Afternoon: Self-Awareness as a Strategic Tool

  • Module 6: Identifying Your Triggers & Biases: Understanding how your own “default mode” helps or hinders adaptive work.

  • Workshop: “The Balcony & The Dance”: Practicing the skill of stepping back to observe the system while being in it.

  • Day 2 Recap: Seeing the system and your role in it.

Day 3: Intervening Skillfully – Mobilizing the System

• Morning: Giving the Work Back

  • Module 7: Regulating Distress: Creating a productive “productive range of tension” without letting the system overwhelm or become complacent.

  • Module 8: Directing Attention: Focusing the organization on the key adaptive issues that matter most.

• Afternoon: Action and Experimentation

  • Module 9: Designing Smart Experiments: Taking calculated risks to test hypotheses and learn quickly.

  • Simulation: “The Change Initiative”: Participants practice intervening in a complex organizational case study.

  • Day 3 Recap: Taking purposeful action.

Day 4: Building an Adaptive Culture

• Morning: The Bedrock of Adaptation

  • Module 10: Fostering Psychological Safety: Creating an environment where it is safe to speak up, experiment, and fail.

  • Module 11: Building Resilient Teams: Developing collective grit, shared purpose, and the ability to bounce back from setbacks.

• Afternoon: Navigating Conflict and Loss

  • Module 12: Orchestrating Conflict: Making conflict a source of creativity and productivity rather than destruction.

  • Workshop: “The Loyalty Dilemma”: Role-playing exercises to practice managing competing loyalties and inevitable losses that come with change.

  • Day 4 Recap: The human side of change.

Day 5: Integration, Authenticity, and Sustaining Leadership

• Morning: The Authentic Adaptive Leader

  • Module 13: Leading with Presence: Managing your energy and staying grounded amidst chaos.

  • Module 14: Authentic Communication: Speaking from the heart while staying strategic and purposeful.

• Afternoon: Capstone and Application

  • Capstone Simulation: “The Adaptive Crucible”: A multi-layered simulation that integrates the entire week’s learning into a complex, evolving scenario.

  • Hotwash & Debrief: A facilitated review connecting actions to adaptive leadership principles.

  • My Adaptive Leadership Plan: Participants create a personal roadmap for applying these strategies to their most pressing leadership challenge.

  • Course Conclusion, Final Review, and Awarding of Certificates.