adaptive leadership

Question 1

adaptive leadership

Answer 1

• stresses the activities of the leader in relation to the work of followers in the contexts in which they find themselves
• leaders encourage their followers to adapt
• newest leadership form

Question 2

four perspectives of adaptive leadership

Answer 2

1. systems perspective
2. biological perspective
3. service orientation
4. psychotherapy perspective

Question 3

systems perspective

Answer 3

problems are complex with interconnected parts. problems are dynamic

Question 4

biological perspective

Answer 4

people develop and evolve by having to adapt to internal cues and the external environment. ability to thrive in new contexts

Question 5

service orientation

Answer 5

leadership serves people by diagnosing their problems and prescribing possible solutions

Question 6

psychotherapy perspective

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people adapt successfully when they face problems directly, distinguish between fantasy and reality, resolve internal conflicts, and learn new attitudes and behaviors. this is a clinical approach, which often uses training

Question 7

situational challenges

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1. technical: problems that are clearly defined with known solutions that can be implemented through existing organizational procedures (elite sport teams)
2. technical and adaptive: challenges are clearly defined but do not have a straight forward solution. leader and followers both tackle problem (complaining on dizziness)
3. adaptive: problems that are not clear-cut or easy to identify (someone passed out)
   low to high interdependence

Question 8

four archetypes of adaptive change

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1. gap between espoused values and behavior
2. competing commitments
3. speaking the unspeakable
4. work avoidance

Question 9

leadership behaviors

Answer 9

1. get on the balcony
2. identify the adaptive challenge
3. regulate distress
4. maintain disciplined attention
5. give the work back to the people
6. protect leadership voices from below

Question 10

if technical, leader uses

Answer 10

authority and expertise to solve

Question 11

if adaptive, leader uses

Answer 11

several prescribed behaviors to move the adaptive process forward

Question 12

strengths

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• process approach, complex transaction between leader and followers
• follower centered
• help followers deal with conflicting values
• prescribes useful leadership behaviors
• contributes holding environment as integral part of leadership process

Question 13

criticisms

Answer 13

• very little research to test claims of theory
• need to be refined
• too wide ranging
• doesn’t directly show how moral is incorporated

Question 14

individual level:

Answer 14

-the model provides a conceptual framework to help us determine types of challenges and strategies for managing them

Question 15

organizational level:

Answer 15

-explains a variety of challenges. widely used in non-profit, faith based organizations, and health care. ex) new sports