Wexner Graduate Fellowship - Winter Institute 2024

Readings & Resources

Pre-Reading for the Workshop

  • Review of Adaptive Leadership’s main concepts (pick 1 of the below 2 readings):

    • Chapter 2 (pg.1-28), “The Theory Behind the Practice” from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ron Heifetz, Marty Linsky, and Alexander Grashow here.

    • “The Work of Leadership,” from Harvard Business Review by Ron Heifetz & Don Laurie here.

  • Chapter 13 (pg.181-186), “See Yourself as a System” from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ron Heifetz, Marty Linsky, and Alexander Grashow here.

Additional Resources

  • Excerpt of “Part 4: See Yourself as a System” from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ron Heifetz, Marty Linsky, and Alexander Grashow (ch.13 “Seeing Yourself as a System,” ch.14 “Identify Your Loyalties,” & ch.15 “Know Your Tuning”) here.

  • “When Your Job is Your Identity, Professional Failure Hurts More,” by Tim O’Brien here.

  • “Keep Confidants and Don’t Confuse Them with Allies,” from Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky here.

  • Managing Loss: “Shared Pain is Taboo” Blog post by Elisabeth Heid & Judit Teichert here.

  • Stay in Touch as You Experiment — Feel free to reach out to Ariana and April with any questions or to talk through these ideas.

  • Connect with New Ideas in Leadership - Subscribe to KONU’s LinkedIn Page and our On the Balcony Podcast, which features interviews with leadership practitioners.

Workshop Presentations & Worksheets

  • Session 1: Experiential Evening: What Does it Mean to Hold and Inspire?

    • Experiential session - no presentation or worksheets

  • Session 2: How Do We Make Real Progress on the Issues We Care About?

    • Presentation here.

    • Parsing Technical and Adaptive Worksheet here.

    • Diagnosing Losses Worksheet here.

    • Mobilizing People into the Learning Zone Worksheet here.

  • Session 3: Surfacing our Multiple Voices and Loyalties

  • Session 4: What’s the Work of Renegotiating with our Internal Voices?

    • Presentation here.

    • Additional Resource: Perspective Mapping Worksheet here.

  • Session 5: Anchor Yourself

    • Presentation here.

    • Additional Resource: Anchors Worksheet here.