Adaptive Leaders Have Flexible Ways of Thinking
For leaders, adpatability is about having ready access to different ways of thinking, enabling leaders to shift and experiment as things change. Having an elastic cognitive approach allows leaders to use different thinking strategies. Deepening awareness and perspective help leaders to understand how their team thinks.
Adaptive Leaders Plan Ahead
Adaptable leaders understand that while an end goal and a vision are necessary, the path that takes them there needs to be flexible. The practice of adaptive leadership means having multiple plans for reaching said goals. Rather than getting stuck on one solution to solve a problem, adaptable leaders have a contingency plan in place for when plan A doesn’t work. Planning allows appropriate responses to the demands of the moment.Adaptable Leaders Are Curious
Curiosity helps to open the mind, enable growth, encourages new ideas, and is a fundamental principle of adaptive leadership. Curiosity generates questions that wield problem-solving, leading to finding results.Full article:
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