Atlantic Council Millennium Fellowship
Adaptive Leadership Program
SESSION 11b: program Close
Access the Program Reflection mural board as pdf here.
SESSION 10 & 11a: Immunity to Change
Download the part 1 slides here as PDF.
Download the part 2 slides here as PDF.
Download your blank ITC Map here. Cheat Sheet available here.
Refine your change goal using the worksheet found here.
Design a test of your Big Assumption here.
Resources and Readings for Immunity to Change:
The Real Reason People Won’t Change Harvard Business Review Article
Teaching Smart People How to Learn, a fundamental article describing many of the underpinnings of the Immunity to Change model
Podcast Interview with Lisa Lahey, one of the creators of the Immunity to Change model.
SESSION 9: Anchoring Practices
Download the session slides here as PDF.
Download the purpose worksheet here.
Resources and Readings for Anchoring Practices:
Self and Role Distinction - article from KONU Partner Tim O’Brien
Allies and Confidants - excerpt from Ron Heifetz and Marty Linsky’s Book Leadership on the Line
True Purpose, by Tim Kelley, offers a number of helpful exercises for clarifying personal and professional purpose.
The Power of Ritual, by Casper ter Kuile, is an excellent resource on building resiliency practices
SESSION 8: Leadership strategies
Download the session slides here as PDF.
Download the Balcony Practices brainstorming here as PDF.
Resources and Readings for Leadership Strategies:
Orchestrating Conflict and Disequilibrium - excerpt from Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz
SESSION 4: peer Case consultation methodology
Download the 45 minute case consultation protocol here as PDF.
SESSION 3: Systems Thinking: Mobilizing Stakeholders and Mapping Factions
Download the session slides here as PDF
Download the stakeholder and faction mapping worksheet here as WORD.
Resources and Readings for Systems Thinking:
Crossing Boundaries - excerpt from Leadership in a Fractured World by Dean Williams
Building Bridges - excerpt from Leadership in a Fractured World by Dean Williams
Session 2: Real leadership within and beyond your authority
The Distinction between Leadership and Authority, and Informal and Formal Authority
Download the session slides here as PDF.
Download the Authority Audit tool here as PDF.
Session 1: Technical vs. Adaptive Challenges
Withstanding the Pressure for Quick Fixes and Easy Answers
Download your worksheet here as WORD.
Further Resources and Readings
Chapter 2 from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership
Adaptive Leadership Bibliography