1. Doing the right thing.
By: Whitni Watkins

2. A collaborative activity generating the
opportunity for all members of an organization
to engage in the visioning and motivation of one
another to meet the challenges of a continually
changing operating environment.
-Evans & Ward, 2007, 330

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Communicates
Listens
Trusts
Decides
A leader without followers leads nothing.
(Evans and Ward, 2007, 331)

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Self Awareness
Collaborative skills
Purposefulness
People Skills
You can not, as a leader, assume that everyone around you instinctively
understands the “how and why” behind what you do.
(Moment, 2007)

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Innovative
Develops
Originates
Adapts
The manager does things right; the leader does the right thing.
(Bennis and Goldsmith, 2003:8-9)

6. Everything you need to lead

7. As a leader, adaptability means reacting in an
effective manner to shifting circumstances in
your business environment. Everybody
experiences adaptive challenges, but leaders
are keen to resolve these issues with a carefully
thought-out plan of action.
-Robert Moment, 2007.

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Successfully adapt to changes
Collects and honors diversity of opinion
Anticipates and counteracts
Remember that if you design your work style around a plan that provides
plenty of adaptability, you will be able to provide better support and leadership
to your team or company.
(Moment, 2007)

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Information services have a constant change
Technology will change
Budgets will change
We will adapt. We will thrive.
Organizations are capable of intelligent, purposeful collective action, actions taken to
influence their environments in desired directions. We know that, like all living
organisms, our organizations can learn, adapt and grow. We know that they too have
life cycles of birth, growth, maturity and eventual decline.
(Albano, 2007)

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Albano, C. (2007). What is adaptive leadership? Retrieved from:
www.selfgrowth.com/print/532815
Collins, J. (2001) Good to Great. New York: HarperCollins
Publishers.
Evans, G. E., & Ward, P.L. (2007) Management Basics for Information
Professionals. New York: Neal-Schuman Publishers, Inc.
Moment, R. (2007). The top 7 leadership skills for business success.
Retrieved from http://top7business.com/?Top-7-LeadershipSkills-for-Business-Success&id=3632
S. Wolinski. (2010, July 7). Adaptive leadership [Web log post].
Retrieved from
http://managementhelp.org/blogs/leadership/2010/07/07/ada
ptive-leadership/
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