We can choose to lead – regardless of our title, or our job description – and we can do it whenever the need arises: At work, at home, or in society at large.
Leadership, as we see it in Adaptive Leadership, is about the work – not about the leader. It is a practice of helping advance positive change, on any scale, when and where it is needed.
We see leadership as value-driven – what we see as leadership is exercised for the good, and can never come at the detriment of others.
True leadership creates capacity – not dependence. It creates positive results that outlast the leader.
Therefore, personal and collective progress depend on developing good leadership.
Yet, as we have felt on our own skin, trying to promote improvement is a risky proposition: During our evolution, we humans have historically seen change as danger. We instinctually choose stability over progress.
This is why, in order to lead positive change and survive, we need to be equipped with a thorough knowledge of ourselves, with excellent diagnostic skills with which to assess our environment. It comes easier when supported by leadership wisdom compounded over millennia, across cultures.
The Adaptive Leadership Framework – developed at Harvard Kennedy School by Ronald Heifetz, Marty Linsky et al, and now built upon by the next generation of experst – provides such neatly organized, necessary tools which help us lead safely and effectively.
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Welcome, and enjoy the journey.
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