--- title: "Adaptive leadership" date: 2023-04-23 tags: aliases: publish: permalink: adaptive-leadership description: image: --- # Adaptive leadership How do leaders and followers adapt? More follower centred than leader centred! goes hand in hand with situational or [contingency theory](Contingency%20Theory.md) change in accordance with situation ## Characteristics - Mobilise - Motivate - Organise - Orient - Focus the attention of followers ## Behaviours/mindsets 1. Get on the balcony 1. Truly understand what's at play 2. Operational context 2. Identify adaptive challenge 1. Not a technical problem! 2. undefind - leader cannot solve alone 3. Give work back to the people 1. Get followers deeply involved 2. Different to delegation - this is a form of trust 3. Allow followers to exercise leadership 4. Protect voices from below 1. Remove fear and barriers for marginalised voices to be heard 5. Regulate distress 1. Keep within a productive range 6. Run experiments and learn fast ## What [Components of Leadership](Components%20of%20Leadership.md) apply? Mostly about context:  The context itself determines when this style is needed. ## Examples ### COVID-19 Pandemic Huge shifts needed by leadership to address the changes - working from home etc. [^1] # References [^1]: [Week 7 ELEC4122 - Leadership Theories and Styles](../../../Spaces/University/ELEC4122/lecture%20slides/blank/Week%207%20ELEC4122%20-%20Leadership%20Theories%20and%20Styles.pdf)