Principle: Balcony and Dancefloor — Lizard Brain
We find two common pathways in the patterns by which people resist the potential pain of adaptive change: diversion of attention and displacement of responsibility.
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
“That is the essence of collaboration. When you agree to collaborate, you agree to jump off a cliff holding hands with everyone, hoping the resourcefulness of each will insure that you all land on your feet.”
Paul Goldberger • Building Art
Such an individual must strive to see others as multi-dimensional adults, capable of standing on their own two feet—or at least of learning useful lesson if they land on their derrières. He or she needs to guard against the temptations of “working out” any relationship too effectively, letting it becoming numbingly comfortable.
Steven Forrest • Yesterday's Sky: Astrology and Reincarnation
Send the Right Signals to Your People
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
One distinctive aspect of leading adaptive change is that you must connect with the values, beliefs, and anxieties of the people you are trying to move.
Ronald A. Heifetz • The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World
Your purposes provide the inspiration and energy you need to survive leadership’s choppy ride. But they can also become a constraint if you fall into one or more common traps.