Adaptive Leadership
The five multi-level perspectives of Heifetz as it relates to adaptive leadership are:
1.) purpose and possibility which involves diagnosing the situation considering the values at stake, and unbundling the issues involved;
2.) diagnosing the system in which the adaptive leader takes to the balcony to gain an understanding of the organization’s culture, structures, and ways of thinking;
3.) mobilizing the system in which the leader identifies the issues that engage the most attention to finding worthy challenges and seek interventions;
4.) the adaptive leader sees their self as a system in which they endeavor to understand their loyalties, personal triggers, and inventory of methods for leading adaptive change;
5.) and the adaptive …show more content…
When leaders emerge from some churches, it is often by accident. In Bethlehem A.M.E. Church we have a planned hierarchy to leadership. If a person is new to African Methodism they are required to go through New Member Class. This instruction is offered during the Church School hour or twice a year on a Saturday. The curriculum teaches ten topics which can be taught in ten one-hour sessions or in its entirety on a Saturday. To be exempt from this requirement a person must bring a letter of transfer signed by their former pastor from their previous A.M.E. Church. Once this mandate has been met the person is read into full membership and receives their membership certificate. Another requirement for leadership in Bethlehem is a person must be in study (Bible Study and/or Church School). In this arena, education is given to assist the person in identifying their gift, their calling and/or ministry, and in gaining a personal understanding of God and His word. I teach both Bible Study and the adult class in Church School that meets weekly. Every year after we return from Annual Conference I meet with the Steward Board and Trustee Board. This first meeting is a teaching meeting to make sure new members to the boards understand their purpose as well as their responsibilities. For additional leadership development, I consistently look for and promote workshops and retreats sponsored by other churches in our conference to enhance a leader’s skills and abilities. I end every church year with a one on one conference with every leader and discuss their performance, goals for the next year (personal and corporate) and their expectations of me as
1.) purpose and possibility which involves diagnosing the situation considering the values at stake, and unbundling the issues involved;
2.) diagnosing the system in which the adaptive leader takes to the balcony to gain an understanding of the organization’s culture, structures, and ways of thinking;
3.) mobilizing the system in which the leader identifies the issues that engage the most attention to finding worthy challenges and seek interventions;
4.) the adaptive leader sees their self as a system in which they endeavor to understand their loyalties, personal triggers, and inventory of methods for leading adaptive change;
5.) and the adaptive …show more content…
When leaders emerge from some churches, it is often by accident. In Bethlehem A.M.E. Church we have a planned hierarchy to leadership. If a person is new to African Methodism they are required to go through New Member Class. This instruction is offered during the Church School hour or twice a year on a Saturday. The curriculum teaches ten topics which can be taught in ten one-hour sessions or in its entirety on a Saturday. To be exempt from this requirement a person must bring a letter of transfer signed by their former pastor from their previous A.M.E. Church. Once this mandate has been met the person is read into full membership and receives their membership certificate. Another requirement for leadership in Bethlehem is a person must be in study (Bible Study and/or Church School). In this arena, education is given to assist the person in identifying their gift, their calling and/or ministry, and in gaining a personal understanding of God and His word. I teach both Bible Study and the adult class in Church School that meets weekly. Every year after we return from Annual Conference I meet with the Steward Board and Trustee Board. This first meeting is a teaching meeting to make sure new members to the boards understand their purpose as well as their responsibilities. For additional leadership development, I consistently look for and promote workshops and retreats sponsored by other churches in our conference to enhance a leader’s skills and abilities. I end every church year with a one on one conference with every leader and discuss their performance, goals for the next year (personal and corporate) and their expectations of me as