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Heiffetz 1994
Leadership without easy answers
Four Parts of Book |
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Setting the frame
leading with authority
leading without authority
staying alive |
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Heiffetz 1994
Adaptive Work |
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| Requires learning, no clearly definable problem or solution |
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Work avoidance provides clues to adaptive challenge
authority figures are barometers of intensity |
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Heiffetz 1994
"Disequalibrium"
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Three possiblities:
Situation presents no new challenge
Society has no ready solution, but tries to restore equalibrium with old solutions
Society learns to meet new challenges |
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Heiffetz 1994
"Holding Environment"
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| Holds the attention of followers and facilitates adaptive work |
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Heiffetz 1994
"Pacing the work"
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| Adapting the speed of change to what your followers can handle (Socrates failed at this) |
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Heiffetz 1994
"Technical Work" |
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| includes clear problems and solutions |
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Heiffetz 1994
"Work Avoidance Mechanisms"
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| Avoid painful adaptation to new circumstances |
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Heiffetz 1994
Principles of leadership
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Identify the adaptive challenge
Regulate distress
direct diciplined attention to issues
give work back to people
protect voices of leadership in the community |
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Heiffetz 1994
The wrong types of leaders
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Those who make difficult problems simple
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Heiffetz 1994
What leaders need
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Ability to reflect
Tolerance for frustration
understanding of blind spots
recognize patterns of resistance to problems
Result:
Improved capacity for adaptation to future challenges
** Adaptation key for Heiffetz ** |
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