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Get Used to Uncertainty and Conflict
Adaptive challenges have no ready-made solutions, so by their very nature, they are ripe for uncertainty and conflict. If you care about making progress, facing uncertainty and conflict will be a natural part of the twists and turns on your path. Get to know…
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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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Know Your Strengths, Vulnerabilities, and Triggers
With a realistic eye, can you identify your own strengths, vulnerabilities, and triggers? Knowing and understanding these, especially in relation to your challenge, will help you be more effective. Everyone has hot buttons that others can press…
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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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Exercising leadership requires knowing yourself well enough to choose when and how to intervene or do things differently. These qualities are key to making progress because human brains are not wired to enjoy change. Neuroscientific research has shown that our brains and nervous system prefer the…
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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
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Test Multiple Interpretations and Points of View
Testing multiple points of view means taking deliberate steps to learn about multiple perspectives on a given situation. Being able to hold multiple interpretations of your situation allows for there to be numerous truths and experiences, all of…
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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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Identify Who Needs to Do the Work
Identifying who needs to do the work starts with the obvious notion that you must engage others to solve your adaptive challenge. As you think about your situation, who must do the work? Consider who is already involved and consider who is impacted by the…
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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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Nobody makes decisions in a vacuum. Our brains are constantly taking mental shortcuts—for better or worse—to help us choose between options. These shortcuts are known as biases. In biological terms, bias is a typical part of being human. If you have a brain you are biased. Biases help us get…
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- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Systems Building
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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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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
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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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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
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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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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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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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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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