Adaptive Leadership
Introductory Workshop
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“The workshop was instrumental for me to act upon opportunities for leadership in my work. It played a large role in my promotion. I will be forever grateful to you and the folks who participated.”
Participant from a national Latino advocacy organization
About
The premier Adaptive Leadership offering outside of Harvard. The workshop provides a deep experience of the basic practices of Adaptive Leadership™. Adaptive Leadership is a framework and set of tools and techniques developed at Harvard for leading change during times of transition, uncertainty and possibility.
For whom?
Leading any form of change initiative is complex. You need to work across organizational boundaries, build partnerships, deal with conflict and overcome differences in values, visions and desired outcomes. Plus you need to have a thick skin! This workshop is for people who are:
Leading or facilitating a purpose-led agenda in or across organizations
Currently or expecting to lead an organization or initiative that challenges the status quo or entrenched values and beliefs
Keen to strengthen personal effectiveness and resilience for exercising leadership
Question
Is there a tough and seemingly intractable problem you face in your work or civic life?
Bring a specific project, initiative or leadership challenge to the workshop. Learn how to get unstuck by applying the tools and techniques of Adaptive Leadership—a critical skillset for anyone looking to drive systemic change in an increasingly complex world.
What we’ll explore
Drawing on years of sharp-end experience in the field, the workshop builds your professional and personal capacity to: lead in complex, political, ambiguous environments; manage the personal risks and pressures of leadership; build vibrant alliances for cross-border collaboration; and design strategies for generating change.
Build capacity for leveraging authority and power within and across diverse groups
Heighten awareness to the intricate dynamics of human systems
Deepen insight into issues of trust, political sensitivities, resistance and tolerance for change, conflict and distress
Strengthen ability to lead adaptively in multi-stakeholder environments and change initiatives
Create a confidential space for reflection, exploration and advice on personal risk-taking and learning
Understand the root cause of a stubborn and recurring challenge in your organization, team, or community
Partner with those who are in position of authority or power
Leverage your own power for change
Design an experiment that strengthens your ability to create lasting change
Learn to lead adaptively in environments with trust issues, political sensitivities, resistance, conflict, and distress
Workshop fees
This workshop is offered in the spirit of the gift.
Trust your judgment about what represents a commitment on your part and respects your financial situation. Then choose a fee that feels right to you, any amount. You may choose to pay the normal amount for a workshop of this quality, or you may choose more, less, or even zero. Whatever you choose, all content will be fully available to you.
A fully refundable $500 deposit is required to hold your seat. This helps to minimize last-minute cancellations. After completing the workshop, you can adjust the actual amount you pay (+ or -) after the program. No pressure and no judgment if you pay less than the market rate, or pay nothing at all.
Normal market rates:
$2,000 Corporate and Government
$1,500 Nonprofit and Academic
Schedule
The in-person workshop takes place over two days. The virtual workshop over four intensive 1/2 days. Afterward, you’ll receive one year of ongoing support and become a member of the Gather community of leadership practitioners worldwide.
Lead Faculty
Eric R. Martin is a renowned Adaptive Leadership advisor, speaker and trainer and author of the book Your Leadership Moment.
He has served in various capacities at places such as: The White House Executive Office of Presidential Personnel, Google, Rockefeller Foundation, Microsoft, National Academy of Sciences Engineering and Medicine, The Sustainability Consortium, Sustainability Leadership Initiative, Clean Energy Leadership Institute, Verizon, US Business Council for Sustainable Development, United Nations Innovation Network, World Bank, Grantmakers for Effective Organizations, USAID, Democracy Fund, Aspen Institute, Cornell University, and Acumen. Eric's work to "democratize leadership" has put the powerful framework, tools and techniques of Adaptive Leadership into the hands of hundreds of thousands of people worldwide.
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