LEADERSHIPDoing the right thing.

By: Whitni Watkins

Defined

A collaborative activity generating the opportunity for all members of an organization to engage in the visioning and motivation of one another to meet the challenges of a continually changing operating environment.

-Evans & Ward, 2007, 330

Qualities

Communicates Listens Trusts Decides

A leader without followers leads nothing.(Evans and Ward, 2007, 331)

Qualities

Self Awareness Collaborative skills Purposefulness People Skills

You can not, as a leader, assume that everyone around you instinctively understands the “how and why” behind what you do.

(Moment, 2007)

Qualities

Innovative Develops Originates Adapts

The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.

(Bennis and Goldsmith, 2003:8-9)

ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP

Everything you need to lead

Defined

As a leader, adaptability means reacting in an effective manner to shifting circumstances in your business environment. Everybody experiences adaptive challenges, but leaders are keen to resolve these issues with a carefully thought-out plan of action.

-Robert Moment, 2007.

Qualities

Successfully adapt to changes Collects and honors diversity of

opinion Anticipates and counteracts

Remember that if you design your work style around a plan that provides plenty of adaptability, you will be able to provide better support and leadership to your team or company.

(Moment, 2007)

Importance

Information services have a constant change

Technology will change Budgets will change We will adapt. We will thrive.

Organizations are capable of intelligent, purposeful collective action, actions taken to influence their environments in desired directions. We know that, like all living organisms, our organizations can learn, adapt and grow. We know that they too have life cycles of birth, growth, maturity and eventual decline.

(Albano, 2007)

References Albano, C. (2007). What is adaptive leadership? Retrieved

from: www.selfgrowth.com/print/532815 Collins, J. (2001) Good to Great. New York: HarperCollins

Publishers. Evans, G. E., & Ward, P.L. (2007) Management Basics for

Information Professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.

Moment, R. (2007). The top 7 leadership skills for business success. Retrieved from http://top7business.com/?Top-7-Leadership-Skills-for-Business-Success&id=3632

S. Wolinski. (2010, July 7). Adaptive leadership [Web log post]. Retrieved from http://managementhelp.org/blogs/leadership/2010/07/07/adaptive-leadership/ (See Continued Reading page for further reading material)