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The Coach Approach Ministries Podcast

397 Navigating Change: A Deep Dive into Adaptive Leadership with Tod Bolsinger

Jan 25, 2024
Tod Bolsinger, an MDiv PhD and co-founder of A. E. Sloan Leadership, discusses adaptive leadership in a rapidly disrupted world. He highlights the importance of understanding core values, leading through loss, and navigating the tension between current values and evolving mission. The podcast explores redefining success, Jesus's disruptive teachings, and the struggles of adapting to new situations.
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Quick takeaways

  • Adaptive leadership involves guiding teams through uncertain terrain by recognizing real-world problems and leading through loss.
  • Leaders must retrain themselves for new terrain by embracing a learner's mindset and adopting adaptive strategies.

Deep dives

Understanding Adaptive Capacity

Adaptive capacity refers to the ability to lead a group of people from their core values towards an uncertain future, positively impacting the world. Adaptive leadership comes into play when best practices or predefined strategies are insufficient. It requires relinquishing an outdated map and embracing the unknown. In this rapidly changing world, leaders must cultivate the skill to adapt wisely in real-time and guide their teams through learning and release of past methods.

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