ADAPTIVE LEADERSHIP

Organizations do not operate as machines; they operate as an adaptive system constantly changing with triggers like market, workforce, economic situation, technology and several other factors. So, it matters a great deal how the leaders conceive their organizations as machines or living adaptive systems. This perception shapes the roles they and their people play. This in turn has direct relationship on their effectiveness to tap human potential. Because of the complex nature of the projects that we carry out, mechanically-based leadership and organizational practices are not adequate to the adaptive challenges being faced.

The old paradigm focuses only the mechanical aspects of how organizations operate; those activities that must be repeated in a standardized way to produce a standard output. In the mechanical sphere of operations, change and creativity are viewed as a threat to efficiency.