How to navigate the challenges of business and become a more adaptive leader – SmartCompany

There are a few things that successful businesses have in common. At the forefront successful, savvy and adaptable leaders that know the market and their people. Being a good leader is not just about where you received your education, or who you know. Rather, how well you can interact with you team and management, ability to become fluid with any change that may come your way and of course being open minded. Change and adaptability aren’t easy for some. However, change is good and growth is inevitable.

Key Takeaways:

• O’Malley, who is president and chief executive of the KLC, and McBride, who is vice-president of the KLC, were in Melbourne at the end of February and together with Leadership Victoria, delivered a two-day workshop about their model of adaptive leadership to business owners, senior managers and leadership practitioners.
• O’Malley and McBride define leadership as “mobilising people to make progress on adaptive challenges” and in turn, an “adaptive” challenge is defined as a problem, issue or opportunity that “demands a response outside of your current repertoire”.
• The nature of adaptive challenges means a leader must mobilise others to change their behaviour and effectively deal with loss, according to the model developed by the KLC. New tools may need to be designed and the system itself may need to be reinvented.

“The nature of adaptive challenges means a leader must mobilise others to change their behaviour and effectively deal with loss, according to the model developed by the KLC. New tools may need to be designed and the system itself may need to be reinvented.”

http://www.smartcompany.com.au/people-human-resources/leadership/66634-how-to-navigate-the-challenges-of-business-and-become-a-more-adaptive-leader/