The Yin and Yang of Adaptive Leadership

Home  >  Articles  > 
The Yin and Yang of Adaptive Leadership

Michael Wood

August 6, 2007





What does it take to be a great leader? Is it charisma, forthrightness, insightfulness, wisdom? Or is it simply being able to energize people about your destination and demonstrating the confidence that you know how to get there in a way that makes them want to follow?
 
I have never been able to classify the really amazing leaders I have known as to a specific style such as participative/collaborative, directive/autocratic, delagative/free rein, etc. Instead, they have been all of these types when needed; they adapt their style to the needs of the organization and individuals.
 
The adaptive leader understands that leadership is a process of constantly assessing situations and circumstances and adjusting strategies and resources in order to achieve the best balance of value-added outcomes for the organization and its stakeholders.
 
Adaptive leadership is all about helping organizations achieve positive change.



Please login/register to read the entire article.





sponsored announcements and special offers
Difficult for competitors to equal. EMA reviews IBM Rational's new quality & requirements management offerings. The verdict, "For companies seeking to improve ROI delivered by software projects,we believe Rational's value proposition is difficult to match."

Microsoft Project Conference 2000
Exclusively disclosing the powerful capabilities included in Microsoft Project 2010 and Microsoft Enterprise Project Management (EPM) Solutions while providing real world guidance on how Microsoft Project 2007 and Microsoft EPM Solutions are helping customers today with project and portfolio management to save money, enhance efficiency and prepare for future growth. Register Today!

Use WorkLenz PPM to Manage Agile Software Development
We invite you to download Métier’s latest white paper, Agile Software Development with WorkLenz, to learn how you can use WorkLenz to manage agile within your organization.



"A statesman is an easy man, he tells his lies by rote. A journalist invents his lies and rams them down your throat. So stay at home and drink your beer and let the neighbors vote!"
- W.B. Yeats