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Take the Temperature
Taking the temperature in a situation is about better understanding where the heat is high (conflict, pain, a lot of disequilibrium) or low (where people are bored or checked out). All of these signal the need for leadership.
Questions to Ask Yourself
What’s the temperature…
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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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Explore Tough Interpretations
Exploring tough or uncomfortable interpretations means pushing beyond people’s opinions and conclusions, especially the ones that come automatically, almost unconsciously. You may need to get more skeptical or keep an open mind. You may need to thoughtfully question…
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Understand Process Challenges
Adaptive challenges are often more about the process than the content. The details of an issue are relevant, but it is people who make the difference. People can make a situation better and they can also derail it. Process challenges are about how people work or don’t…
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- Equal Access to Child Care
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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Distinguish Technical and Adaptive Work
Adaptive work tends to be a problem, issue, or opportunity that requires more learning and understanding about the situation. This is when your expertise is not enough when a checklist or another technical tool won’t make the problem go away. Addressing an…
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- Equal Access to Child Care
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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If you are trying to make progress on a tough issue, understanding what you are getting into is critical. The biggest leadership mistake people make is misdiagnosing the situation. In the field of medicine, a huge amount of professional skill, talent, and energy are given to identifying the problem…
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- Systems Building
- Professional Development
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The adaptive leadership framework within this chapter—key ideas, principles, competencies, and dimensions—has been used with permission from the author of the book, Your Leadership Edge, Ed O’Malley[1]
"It may be that when we no longer know what to do we have come to our real work, and that when…
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- Leadership and Coordination
- System Financing
- Professional Development
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South Carolina
South Carolina: First Steps Every Child Ready 2020–2025 Strategic Plan
Used with permission: South Carolina First Steps. (2020). Every Child Ready 2020–2025 Strategic Plan. https://www.scfirststeps.org/ media/itrluenr/strategic-plan-2020-2025.pdf
Alaska
Early Childhood Alaska:…
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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- New Programs
- Program Design
- Program Startup
- Program Planning
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Create a Trustworthy Process
Working on adaptive challenges takes time and process. One of the key characteristics of an effective process is to ensure it is a trustworthy process. Here are a few tips to creating a trustworthy process.
Tips for creating a trustworthy process :[8]
Design the…
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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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Work Across Factions
Working across factions means being willing to allow your thought processes to hold two opposing ideas in your mind at the same time without panicking. This is about avoiding oversimplifications and thinking in trade-offs. When you allow time for working with opposing ideas…
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Start Where They Are
In the problem-solving process, you will inevitably be asking others to change. Everyone responds to change differently. It is helpful to be proactive in the process by tapping the brain trust of the various voices at the table. Seek to learn and understand people’s values and…
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- Early Childhood Program Design and Management
- Leadership and Coordination
- CCDF Governance and Leadership
- Professional Development
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