National Child Welfare Workforce Institute, ncwwi.org Revised 9/1/2016
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7 Behaviors of Adaptive Leadership
Worksheet
How will you employ the 7 behaviors of Adaptive Leadership to facilitate change?
1. How will you get on the balcony? What is happening on the dance floor?
2. What are some of the ways you need to be thinking politically while implementing your
change initiative?
3. How can you be open to all voices?
4. What are some of the ways you could regulate distress?
5. In what arenas might you orchestrate conflict?
6. What are ways you can involve others (i.e. give the work back to the people)?
7. How can you hold steady to manage other people’s distress? What are some ways to
manage your distress?
Reference: Heifetz, R., Grashow, A., & Linsky, M. (2009). The practice of adaptive leadership. Boston, MA: Harvard Business
School Press; http://amzn.to/1NeSDwD