- Directing attention to what is impeding individuals or organization from making progress
- Repairing in the culture what has been avoided, neglected, or ignored
- Embracing necessary adaptations in personal and systemic identities, mindsets, and behaviors
Signature Program: Adaptive Leadership
Embracing Changes for Organizational Survival and Growth
Our Center partners with leading organizations in developing their emerging and senior leaders to tackle their most critical challenges. Our signature programs focus on the areas of adaptive leadership and futures thinking, equipping participants with the mindsets and approaches to move forward in a hyper-uncertain future.
Adaptive Challenges Call for Adaptive Leadership
Old models of leadership are insufficient to deal with
the complex, interdependent problems that companies face in a globalized world.
In Asia and the world, the ongoing COVID-19 crisis has disrupted organizations and industries in unprecedented ways. Today’s leaders grapple with a mix of uncertainty and volatility that will continue as the norm even after the pandemic.
What challenges are you and your organization facing in preparing for an uncertain and volatile future?
Developing a Strong Leadership Pipeline
Aligning & Shaping Organizational Culture
Managing a Multigenerational Workforce
Designing a Learning Organization
Shifts in Business Model
Digital Transformation
Today’s leaders need a new framework of leadership in order to respond more effectively to these challenges.
Overview
Our Signature Program uses the Adaptive Leadership framework designed to help decision-makers develop their capacity to be effective leaders by designing and driving meaningful transformation for the purpose of future-proofing their organizations and communities.
Developed at the Harvard Kennedy School, the Adaptive Leadership framework challenges mid-to senior-level professionals to think and engage in the mindset and process of continuous organizational change and renewal. In developing the capacity for adaptive leadership and strategic foresight, participants will lead in a way that generates value across different sectors and disciplines and gain the critical skills needed for solving complex organizational problems. The program helps participants think deeply and broadly about their position of influence, and supports decision makers who are going through such leadership initiatives as guiding their organization through the human challenges of digital transformation or business model redesign; as well as decision makers building a leadership pipeline, managing a multigenerational workforce, and shaping a vibrant organizational culture.
Participants will engage in plenary sessions, professional development sessions, interactive workshops, and case discussions with professors or teaching fellows from Harvard University and other leading institutions.
Framework
Whatever your organization’s specific challenges are, the purpose of a learning intervention is to increase your chances of survival and growth. The Signature Program is an emerging and senior leadership program to help companies examine its past legacies and then respond proactively towards creating a dynamic future.
Addressing the Past: Legacies
Creating the Future: Emerging
- Forecasting trends, drivers, and change signals in one’s professional and organizational future
- Designing a better system that engages in continuous learning and renewal
- Staying relevant during times of immense uncertainty and complexity
The Adaptive Leadership Signature Program is offered as a comprehensive five-module course. Preview courses that focus on personal leadership, shaping organizational culture, or futures thinking and scenario planning, among other topics can also be customized for a leadership solution that caters to your company’s specific needs.
Custom Programs
Our Center is uniquely positioned to design and deliver results-driven learning solutions that address your organization’s specific objectives.
Along with our full Adaptive Leadership Signature Program, we also offer courses that focus on specific mindsets and skills based on frameworks from world-leading institutions.
- Authentic Leadership
- Negotiation Essentials
- Becoming a Professional Thinker
- Analytical and Strategic Thinking
- Leadership Communication & Storytelling
Designing Your Learning Experience
Our Center designs learning experiences that address your organization’s unique challenges. We collaborate with your Learning & Development Team to 1) Identify Your Organization’s Needs, 2) Co-Design the Program Experience, and 3) Implement the Program and Conduct Pre-, Mid-, and Post Learning Assessments.
In-person, virtual and hybrid program formats include a variety of teaching approaches and styles:
In-Person
Virtual
Hybrid
- Interactive Lectures
- Case-Based Learning
- Small Group Discussions
- Role Play and Simulations
- Experiential Exercises
- Leadership Assessments
- 1-on-1 or Group Coaching
- Leadership Journaling
- On-the-job Action Projects
- Panel Presentations
Interested in Bringing this Program to Your Organization?
“The program introduces a new concept of leadership which can be applied to situations, in which everything is uncertain and changes happen rapidly. Department heads who have much to manage in terms of change implementation, or those in senior positions who influence and mobilize organizations and teams will benefit.”
Nara Kharuhassuwan
Senior Human Resources Manager at Monde Nissin (Thailand)
“This program honors the intricate complexities of Harvard Kennedy School‘s Adaptive Leadership framework while turning the mastery of its implementation into a pleasurable thrill. I was able to positively impact several critical employee relationships in my business as a direct result of my attendance. I strongly encourage participation by emerging leaders who face a novel set of challenges as they transition from being managers to becoming leaders.”
Ralph Poettinger
Managing Director at Alpine Equity
“The program provided me with a platform to think, shift paradigms, and relearn the concept of leadership, and how to apply it to our ever-evolving environment. The program is ideal for leaders who want to learn how to become effective change agents in their organizations, even with the constant and unpredictable changes that surround their situation.
Jolene Uyecio
Assistant Vice President of Productivity & Activity Management, Pioneer Group
“What made the Adaptive Leadership different from other trainings is that it is in touch with reality. Apart from providing a fresh perspective on how to overcome challenges, facilitators provide historical and real-life examples that anyone can identify with. Its content is not only significant but life-changing.”
Engelbert Nolasco
COO & Vice-President at Guild Solutions, Inc.
“The training on adaptive leadership taught me new skills on how to thrive in this fast-changing world. In the non-profit sector where I work, systems need to adapt to rapid changes as well. I realized that over time my craft kept changing at a faster pace. I was glad to be part of this program that introduced new techniques in leading people and communities where I serve.”