WEXNER HERITAGE PROGRAM
Madregot Summer Institute
June 25 – 29, 2023
Thank you for joining us to learn about Adaptive Leadership at the 2023 Madregot Summer Institute. Below you’ll find the program materials and further resources.
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Case Consultation Materials:
Program Workbook, which includes the detailed case consultation guide.
Case Consultation Slides from the afternoon sessions.
Day 1: Leadership as Learning: Distinguishing Technical vs. Adaptive Challenges
“The Theory Behind the Practice,” excerpted from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Marty Linsky (2009).
“The Most Underrated Skill in Management” by Nelson Repenning, Don Kieffer, and Todd Astor, for MIT’s Sloan Management Review.
Caste: The Origins of Our Discontents (2020) (excerpted prologue and epilogue) by Isabel Wilkerson - this book explores the deeply rooted adaptive challenge of overcoming the caste system in America. Caste is a form of socialized hierarchy that, in America, places Black Americans at the bottom. This book provides a thoroughly-researched and emotionally searing account of this centuries-long system of oppression, drawing lessons and connections from the caste systems in India and Nazi Germany. It also explores possibilities for our shared future if we can successfully deconstruct the caste system and heal its collective wounds.
Day 2: Leading from Any Chair: Authority, Influence, and Leadership
“Becoming the Boss” by Linda A. Hill, for the Harvard Business Review
“Transcending Boundaries” - Chapter 5 in Leadership for a Fractured World by Dean Williams (2015).
“Building Bridges” - Chapter 6 in Leadership for a Fractured World by Dean Williams (2015).
“Working with Authority” KONU blog post.
“Leading With and Without Authority” KONU blog post.
“Leadership is an Activity” KONU blog post.
“Bridging Factions While Leading Without Authority,” a conversation with Julia Fabris McBride, CEO of the Kansas Leadership Center, from KONU’s On the Balcony podcast hosted by Michael Koehler.
Day 3: The Art of Adaptation: Orchestrating Learning & Managing Losses
“Living in the Disequilibrium” excerpted from The Practice of Adaptive Leadership by Ronald Heifetz, Alexander Grashow, and Marty Linsky (2009).
“The Art of Changing a City” by Antanas Mockus, for the New York Times.
“Academic Turns City into Social Experiment” by Maria Cristina Caballero, for The Harvard Gazette.
"Mayor Mockus," a reading from Facing History and Ourselves, an organization dedicated to learning from history to unravel the legacies of injustice from our past.
“Moments of Disequilibrium,” an interview with Mitzi Johnson, former Speaker of the House for the state of Vermont, On the Balcony podcast.
“The Evolution of Adaptive Leadership,” an interview with Professor Ronald Heifetz - On the Balcony podcast.
“Shared Pain Is Taboo” KONU blog post.
Day 4: Staying Anchored: Mindset Shifts to Sustain Your Leadership Journey
“Keep Confidants and Don’t Confuse Them with Allies,” excerpted from Leadership on the Line by Ronald Heifetz and Marty Linsky.
“When Your Job is Your Identity, Professional Failure Hurts More” by KONU co-founder Tim O’Brien, for the Harvard Business Review.
Guided Soft Belly Mediation led by April Nunes Tucker.