Deprecated: Joomla\Input\Input implements the Serializable interface, which is deprecated. Implement __serialize() and __unserialize() instead (or in addition, if support for old PHP versions is necessary) in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/vendor/joomla/input/src/Input.php on line 41
Deprecated: Return type of Joomla\Input\Input::count() should either be compatible with Countable::count(): int, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/vendor/joomla/input/src/Input.php on line 170
Deprecated: Joomla\CMS\Input\Input implements the Serializable interface, which is deprecated. Implement __serialize() and __unserialize() instead (or in addition, if support for old PHP versions is necessary) in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Input/Input.php on line 31
Deprecated: Joomla\CMS\Input\Cookie implements the Serializable interface, which is deprecated. Implement __serialize() and __unserialize() instead (or in addition, if support for old PHP versions is necessary) in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Input/Cookie.php on line 0
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\User\User::$aid is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/User/User.php on line 255
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Cache\Storage\FileStorage::$_threshold is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Cache/CacheStorage.php on line 107
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Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property PlgSystemModulesAnywhere::$_id is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/regularlabs/src/SystemPlugin.php on line 65
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property PlgSystemSourcerer::$_id is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/regularlabs/src/SystemPlugin.php on line 65
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property PlgSystemArticlesAnywhere::$_id is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/regularlabs/src/SystemPlugin.php on line 65
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Cache\Storage\FileStorage::$_threshold is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Cache/CacheStorage.php on line 107
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Cache\Storage\FileStorage::$_threshold is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Cache/CacheStorage.php on line 107
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property ContactRouterRulesLegacy::$router is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/components/com_contact/helpers/legacyrouter.php on line 30
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property ContentRouterRulesLegacy::$router is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/components/com_content/helpers/legacyrouter.php on line 30
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property NewsfeedsRouterRulesLegacy::$router is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/components/com_newsfeeds/helpers/legacyrouter.php on line 30
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property UsersRouterRulesLegacy::$router is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/components/com_users/helpers/legacyrouter.php on line 30
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property plgSystemJMap::$app is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/plugins/system/jmap/jmap.php on line 257
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Astroid\Template::$title is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/astroid/Template.php on line 42
Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Compiler.php on line 3142
Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Compiler.php on line 3142
Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Compiler.php on line 3142
Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Compiler.php on line 3146
Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Compiler.php on line 3146
Deprecated: Using ${var} in strings is deprecated, use {$var} instead in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Compiler.php on line 3149
Deprecated: Return type of ScssPhp\ScssPhp\Node\Number::offsetExists($offset) should either be compatible with ArrayAccess::offsetExists(mixed $offset): bool, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Node/Number.php on line 152
Deprecated: Return type of ScssPhp\ScssPhp\Node\Number::offsetGet($offset) should either be compatible with ArrayAccess::offsetGet(mixed $offset): mixed, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Node/Number.php on line 177
Deprecated: Return type of ScssPhp\ScssPhp\Node\Number::offsetSet($offset, $value) should either be compatible with ArrayAccess::offsetSet(mixed $offset, mixed $value): void, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Node/Number.php on line 203
Deprecated: Return type of ScssPhp\ScssPhp\Node\Number::offsetUnset($offset) should either be compatible with ArrayAccess::offsetUnset(mixed $offset): void, or the #[\ReturnTypeWillChange] attribute should be used to temporarily suppress the notice in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/scssphp/src/Node/Number.php on line 221
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Cache\Storage\FileStorage::$_threshold is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Cache/CacheStorage.php on line 107
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Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property G2\L\Joomla\Document::$language is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/cegcore2/libs/document.php on line 30
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property G2\L\Joomla\Document::$path is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/cegcore2/libs/document.php on line 34
Deprecated: explode(): Passing null to parameter #2 ($string) of type string is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/astroid/framework/library/astroid/Component/Utility.php on line 329
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Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Cache\Storage\FileStorage::$_threshold is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Cache/CacheStorage.php on line 107
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Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property ContentViewCategory::$baseurl is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/MVC/View/HtmlView.php on line 215
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Object\CMSObject::$task is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Object/CMSObject.php on line 197
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Object\CMSObject::$parameters.menu is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Object/CMSObject.php on line 197
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Application\SiteApplication::$registeredurlparams is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/MVC/Controller/BaseController.php on line 648
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Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Object\CMSObject::$filter.published is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Object/CMSObject.php on line 197
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Object\CMSObject::$filter.access is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Object/CMSObject.php on line 197
Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property Joomla\CMS\Object\CMSObject::$filter.tag is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/Object/CMSObject.php on line 197
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Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property ContentModelCategory::$_rightsibling is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/components/com_content/models/category.php on line 378
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Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property ContentViewCategory::$pageclass_sfx is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/MVC/View/CategoryView.php on line 163
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Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property ContentViewCategory::$params is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/libraries/src/MVC/View/CategoryView.php on line 203
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Deprecated: Creation of dynamic property ContentViewCategory::$vote is deprecated in /home/matthew2/public_html/lmthomasgroup.com/components/com_content/views/category/view.html.php on line 86
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In our last article, we began a conversation into the orientations and practices of adaptive leadership. We focused on the first two of the five orientations and practices: inner quiet and curiosity. In this article, we will talk about three more orientations and practices:
Respect
Delegation
Learning
Let's dive right in where we left off last time.
Respect
The third practice is respect. Intentionally approaching people believing that they are resourceful, creative, and whole creates a respectful relationship - as far as it depends on us. Respect equalizes the helping relationship. Someone asking for help often feels themselves "one down", as Edgar Schein puts it, so respect allows the relationship to come back in to balance. Respect keeps the relationship personal, making sure we do not lose the living people amidst the results we are trying to achieve.
Experienced leaders may disagree on a lot of things, but one thing almost all agree on is that growth as a leader is deeply personal, inner work. One may start off as a leader because of natural charisma or a position of authority, but staying a leader, and maturing as one, requires growth. Nowhere is this more true than in an adaptive leadership space - where the problems themselves may not be clear, let alone the solutions.
History is full of great speeches - real and imagined - that rally people to a cause and change the course of events. These make for good reference points, but they do not, in themselves, make things happen. Working through the vulnerabilities of adaptive leadership to achieve a posture of confident humility requires not just oratory of the Shakespearean sort, "Friends, Romans, countrymen, lend me your ears," but inner transformation.
Successfully leading through change requires simultaneous confidence and humility. Both confidence and humility ground us in our own vocation while complex, and often chaotic, situations develop through the change process. We take humility as our baseline in all situations, remembering that:
We didn't get here on our own.
We know we have blind spots.
We have more to learn.
We can learn from our critics and enemies.
This too shall pass.
We are but dust.
This kind of humility challenges the protective and defensive behaviors our training as leaders has often conferred on us. Our training tells us that leaders command confidently, often blustering our way into whatever is next. More often than not we lead by:
Telling instead of asking.
Knowing instead of discovering.
Deciding instead of inviting input.
Doing for instead of doing with.
Asking "how can I help" instead of asking "who is the right person for this?
In change situations, and adaptive change especially, instead of starting with "I know how to get us out of this", a leader has to start with "I don't know." That is because the most significant change operates outside of a leader's direct control:
Last week, I wrote about four leadership postures for organizational change. These postures shape our leadership stance, increasing the likelihood that our change process will achieve healthy results.
The first posture of those four was change identification - knowing what type of change we were dealing with: adaptive or technical. To recap the difference between the two:
Putting this posture first hints at its importance. So why is identifying adaptive change important for organizational leaders?
To understand its importance, we have to look at our usual starting point. For a summary of the reasons why, skip to the end - otherwise, read on!
Where we (tend to) start
As leaders, we are trained to attack most problems as technical issues, which our expertise or an outside product will be able to resolve. Perhaps our challenge fits squarely in the middle of our deep, core expertise, something we trained for, we have degrees and certifications in, and have practiced over time. Alternatively, we may perceive the current challenge to be adjacent to our core expertise, and so we tend to apply our expertise there as well - to the degree we can.
This is how most of us were taught to solve problems: see problem, find solution. This works very well when we are working our way up through our core expertise - whether deepening it, broadening it, or both. This works particularly well in fields where the same problems come up over and over again, and the application of technique, product, or knowledge is tried and proven suitable.
The problem comes when we find ourselves in our first leadership position where our core expertise is only a part of what we do. All of a sudden, the "Hello, Problem; meet Solution" approach doesn't work in all those other areas.
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In our last article, we began a conversation into the orientations and practices of adaptive leadership. We focused on the first two of the five orientations and practices: inner quiet and curiosity. In this article, we will talk about three more orientations and practices:
Experienced leaders
Last week, I wrote about 