Introduction to Adaptive Leadership
Level 1 Workshop
December 2023 workshop
As the premier Adaptive Leadership offering outside of Harvard University, this workshop lays out basic concepts of Adaptive Leadership (TM). Adaptive Leadership is a practical framework developed at Harvard for leading change, particularly during times of transition, uncertainty and immense possibility.
Dates: The workshop takes place over four intensive 1/2 days . After the workshop, participants become members of the Gather community of leadership practitioners worldwide, and receive 12 months of ongoing communication and support.
(Eastern Time – New York City)
- December 14: Noon – 4:00p
- December 15: 8:00am – Noon
- December 18: Noon – 4:00pm
- December 19: 8:00am – Noon
Location: Virtual, synchronous and asynchronous via Zoom
Whom this workshop is for: 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!
- Experienced leader, practitioner or facilitator working with a purpose-led agenda in or across organizations
- Currently or expect to be leading an organization or initiative that is likely to challenge prevailing and entrenched values and beliefs
- Keen to strengthen your effectiveness and personal resilience as a leader
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, which is 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
You can choose to pay what a normal workshop of this level of quality costs, or you may choose more, less, or even zero. We cannot really put a number value on it. That is not because we don’t think it is valuable. It is because we don’t know what the value will be for you, especially given the wide diversity of financial means out there.
Therefore, we offer the workshop as a gift, trusting the generosity of participants to support us in developing and sustaining learning like this one. The ACA team trusts your judgement about what represents a commitment on your part and respects your financial situation.
You will choose a fee that feels right to you, any amount. Whatever you choose, all content will be fully available to you. However, a fully refundable $500 deposit is required to hold your seat. This helps us 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 judgement if you pay less than the market rate, or pay nothing at all.
Standard market rates: Corporate $2,000, Nonprofit/Govt $1,500
You’re part of something bigger
By joining this workshop, you’re also a member of Gather, our overarching online space for community and coursework. Gather members hail from around the world and from different backgrounds – all dedicated in their own unique way to the exercise of democratizing leadership.