Polykala’s Adaptive Leadership Development is designed to challenge the notion of leadership, generate insight and offer tools to catalyse change. It is  delivered with an emphasis on experiential learning modes. You won’t be asked to sit through hours of theory and there won’t be a single powerpoint. Instead you’ll be on your feet, learning in real-time through creative and reflective activities, as you gain tools and awareness to tackle tough challenges, navigate complexity and  thrive in uncertainty.

Fundamental to the training is the view that a person’s leadership effectiveness is tied directly to their reflective skill. A sequence of structured exercises are presented to elicit predictable ‘automatic’ behaviours so that participants can observe themselves and explore alternative ways of responding that might enhance their leadership capacity.

We explore four key ideas/actions from the adaptive leadership framework and apply them to your context:

1. Distinguishing leadership and authority
2. Diagnosing technical, ‘adjustive’ and adaptive challenges/opportunities
3. Unpacking the emotional and social qualities of systemic adaptation: ‘what do we keep, let go and, grow?’
4. Learn and apply the peer-consultation method to gain practical insights on your adaptive leadership challenges.