Within the larger category of leaders, there is an important sub-category, adaptive leaders who can read the signs of the times and help their teams and organizations to adapt to change. What do they look like and how can we test for them?

1. What kind of leader
will help us to
survive? Because
when…

2. … THE METEORITE
FALLS…
…in the gulf of
Mexico…

3. You don’t
survive by
becoming…

4. …a more
efficient
dinosaur!

5. SO, HOW TO
SURVIVE?

6. READ THE
MANUAL!

7. ADAPT!

8. So, what kind of
leader will help us to
adapt?

9. First:
What must
all leaders
be able to do?

10. 1. Influence without
the privilege of rank
2. Stand alone against
the crowd
3. Picture the future
4. Make street smart
decisions.

11. +FUTURE VISION- FUTURE VISION
+STREET SMART
ACCOMPLISHED
LEADER
+STREET SMART
OPERATOR
-FUTURE VISION
-STREET SMART
THE LOSER THE DREAMER
+FUTURE VISION
-STREET SMART

12. Future vision & Street
Smart distinguish you
from
The Dreamers,
The Losers,
The Operators.

13. +PRINCIPLED-PRINCIPLED
+PERSUASIVE
ACCOMPLISHED
LEADER
+PERSUASIVE
OPPORTUNIST
-PRINCIPLED
-COMMUNICATIVE
THE LOST SOUL THE OUTCAST
+PRINCIPLED
-PERSUASIVE

14. Principled & Persuasive
distinguish you from
The Outcast,
The Lost Soul,
The Opportunist.

15. BUT:
ADAPTIVE LEADERS
REPRESENT A SPECIAL
CLASS WITHIN THE
LARGER GROUP OF
LEADERS.

16. THERE ARE…

17. 5 baskets

18. INTO WHICH WE CAN
GROUP ADAPTIVE
LEADERSHIP SKILLS.

19. #1
REFLECTIVE

20. Can take a
step back
from the
urgency of the
moment...

21. IMPORTANT &
URGENT
IMPORTANT
BUT
NOT URGENT
UNIMPORTANT
BUT URGENT
UNIMPORTANT &
NOT URGENT

22. It’s the “Important, but
not Urgent” that’s
strategically deadly.
The slow poison that
kills you in the long run.

23. Understand
that efficiency
can be…

24. …the enemy
of
adaptation.

25. #2
RESOURCEFUL

27. #3
EXPERIMENTS

29. #4
3-D INTELLECT

31. #5
CHANGE MASTER

33. 3 Guidelines for
adaptability.
(Why not test
experiment,
and compare the results?)

34. INTUITIVE
Meyers Briggs:
INTJ & ENTJ

35. www.TopBrainBottomBrain.com

36. www.cambridge-leadership.com

37. “I adapt, therefore I am!”