This document discusses adaptive leadership approaches for change management. It presents a model that moves from understanding the current reality to building momentum for change over time. The model involves understanding the current situation, exploring options, articulating a vision, creating a strategic plan, building a solid foundation, aligning stakeholders, building momentum, and learning and adapting along the way. Effective adaptive leadership requires being open and curious, decisive yet empathic, analytical and collaborative, with high-impact communication to guide the organization through challenges ("white water") and ensure success of the change initiative.

1. Adaptive Leadership in
Change Management

2. The journey
Desired
Future
Building Capacity, Capability & Increasing Value
White Water
Fix what’s
broken
Stop NVA
Understand Identify & Articulate Create Build Align Build Act
Current current explore vision strategic solid & Momentum Learn
Reality reality options plan foundation Engage Adapt
Now Time Strategic Horizon
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3. Building Capacity, Capability & Increasing Value
Reality
Future
Current
Desired
Now
Tough Love and High Challenge
reality
current
Understand
Open and Curious
explore
options
Identify &
Decisive, empathic and Inspiring
vision
Articulate
Analytical, collaborative and coach
plan
Create
strategic
Time
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solid Focused, uncompromising and model
Build
foundation
The fuel – adaptive leadership
&
Systems thinking and communication
Align
Engage
High Impact communication
Clear , consistent and constant feedback
Build
Momentum
Reflect, coach and flex
Act
Learn
Adapt
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Strategic Horizon

4. Ensuring success
Desired
Future
Stay focused
Building Capacity, Capability & Increasing Value
and support
through white
water
Fix what’s
broken
Stop Non-
Minimise elapsed time value Add
Understand Identify & Articulate Create Build Align Build Act
Current current explore vision strategic solid & Momentum Learn
Reality reality options plan foundation Engage Adapt
Now Time Strategic Horizon
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