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Using SCARF to Collaborate with and Influence Others[7]
We’ve known for a long time that our assumptions, emotions, world views, and paradigms influence our behavior. The latest research in neuroscience tells us that our neurobiology is what drives our behavior and defines how we, as leaders, make…
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Hold to Purpose
Knowing and articulating what your group stands for (values) and what you want to collectively achieve (outcomes) is your purpose. Staying disciplined to your core purpose is paramount to making progress on your issue or challenge. Distractions abound in the day-to-day fray of…
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Act Experimentally
Leading adaptive change requires an experimental mindset which involves risks and the possibility of failure. You need to give yourself permission to fail. Scientists have been developing and testing ideas for centuries. Failure is integral to their approach. Judge your action…
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Give the Work Back
As leaders, something we can overlook is knowing when to give the work back to those closest to the problem. This means you must not only share leadership but share responsibility in defining the issue, generating solutions, and implementing those prioritized solutions. You must…
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Speak from the Heart
Speaking from the heart means you are willing to express your values in a way that resonates and connects with others’ values. Communicating this throws into relief the values you all share and encourages solidarity to stand up for what you all most care about. These are the…
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Raise the Heat
Making progress on issues you care about may require you to raise the heat on yourself and others. To address adaptive challenges, you must help people through a period of disturbance as they sift through what is essential and what is expendable. Adaption tends to happen when you…
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Make Conscious Choices
As human beings, we make both conscious and unconscious decisions every day. Being aware and making choices deliberately allows you to lead strategically and with purpose. The tough part is that most adaptive challenges don’t have clear choices; things are not black and…
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To make progress on your issue or challenge, your actions or interventions require skill. When you intervene or take action to help your group make progress, do so deliberately and purposefully. There will be conflict and competing values when you try to make change on an issue. You are disrupting…
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Inspire a Collective Purpose
There are no reasons for groups to shoulder the difficult work of adaptive challenges if you do not have a compelling purpose to serve. Your collective purpose provides the inspiration and direction for your action. However, as you have probably experienced, your…
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Speak to Loss
As you mobilize others for problem solving and solution generating, speaking to loss will be a necessary part of the process. There can be both hope and despair when tackling tough challenges. Engaging people through messages from your heart allows others to hear your values as they…
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