Jewish Federation of Greater washington:
Adaptive Leadership at All Staff Days
April 2, 2025 – Mapping Perspectives and Action Options
Session Materials:
Steps of Perspective Mapping Process (handout)
Challenges surfaced (Menti results)
January 28, 2025 – Unpacking Heat, and Strategies for Getting in the Learning Zone
Session Materials:
Diagnosing Heat Zones (worksheet)
Getting Into the Learning Zone (worksheet)
Your Commitments to Helping People Get in the Learning Zone (Menti harvest)
Resources:
“Moments of Disequilibrium” (podcast episode) from KONU
Excerpt from “Leadership on the Line” (book) by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky – these short chapters are focused on managing heat/disequilibrium
Follow-Up Invitations:
Consider sharing the commitment you made (to helping folks get in the learning zone) on your teams, and ask them to hold you accountable! Check in with one another on your progress a few weeks afterward.
Play with checking in on ‘heat’ during collaborative meetings. As you kick off new projects or experiment with different structures, share with one another: “What zone are you in right now? What supports do you need (if you’re in/close to panic)? Is there any heat we’re avoiding that we should be turning on?”
Please reach out to Emily Wyner (emily.wyner@konu.org) with any questions.
September 10, 2024 – Adaptive Challenges, and The Crucial Conversations that Mobilize Progress
Materials:
Workshop Slides here.
Technical/Adaptive Worksheet here.
Renegotiating Expectations Worksheet here.
Crucial Conversations Worksheet here.
How to Learn More:
Stay in Touch as You Experiment — Feel free to reach out to Emily and Elise with any questions or to talk through these ideas.
Dive Deeper — Check out the readings below to learn more about crucial conversations and loss:
“Radical Candor” Chapters 2 and 3 by Kim Scott
“Shared Pain is Taboo: Managing Loss in Times of Change” by Elisabeth Heid, KONU
Connect with New Ideas in Leadership - Subscribe to KONU’s LinkedIn Page and our On the Balcony Podcast, which features interviews with leadership practitioners.