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development of a functional cohort team while at MOSS during teaching weeks and
The main theory we explored during this class was Adaptive Leadership.
Adaptive Leadership is, the practice of mobilizing people to tackle tough challenges
and thrive (Heifetz et al., 2009). Through this class I learned to be an adaptive
main tools I learned to identify and interpret events and patterns were being on the
balcony and on the playing field. Being on the balcony is the ability to take myself
out of the event and patterns of what is happening and see them as a third person.
This gives me the ability to take my personal interests out of the equation when
designing solutions. Being on the playing field gives me the ability to identify my
role in the event and patterns of what is happening to design a solution that includes
personal adaptive changes. I got the opportunity to practice this leadership theory
logistics, leading morning meetings, and facilitating end of the day and week
debriefing. End of the week debriefs were critical to the functioning of our team
ensure better results in the future. I was able to practice physical setup of meetings
beginning of this class, we were asked to take a test that would identify our
team members during teaching weeks am better equipped to use these in the future.
I think that every team should take this test to better understand themselves and
This course, Leadership for the Environmental Educator was a great learning
the future.
References
Heifetz, R., Grashow, Alexander, & Linsky, Martin. (2009). The practice of adaptive
leadership : Tools and tactics for changing your organization and the world.
Boston, Mass.: Harvard Business Press.