Wexner Field fellowship Class 4 - Fall INSTITUTE

Session 1: Introduction to adaptive leadership

Experiential Exercise - no presentation or worksheets

Session 2: Distinguishing Adaptive and Technical Challenges

Presentation

Worksheets

  • Parsing the Technical and Adaptive Components here.

  • Heat Mapping and Losses here.

Session 3: Leading with and beyond your authority

Presentation

Worksheets

  • Authority Audit here.

  • Adjusting Heat Action Plan here.

Session 4: The Inner work of leadership: We contain multiple voices and loyalties

Presentation

Worksheets

  • Seeing Yourself as a System here.

Session 5: The Inner work of leadership: Experimentation and Learning

Presentation

Worksheets

  • Perspective Mapping here. (please note: we didn’t end up using this worksheet, but have included it here as an additional reflective resource)

Session 6: anchoring yourself and synthesis

Presentation

Worksheets

  • Anchoring Yourself here.

Further 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.

  • “On the Balcony” – KONU’s new podcast, exploring the book Leadership without Easy Answers by Ronald Heifetz