PMI Houston (Virtual): "The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Turning Leadership into a Verb"

The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Turning Leadership into a Verb

David Mantica serves as Vice President and General Manager for SoftEd US. Fueled by his passion for developing empowered knowledge workers, he helps companies develop their teams through training and coaching, equipping them with today’s critical skills needed to work effectively in a volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) world. 
Drawing from his experience in successfully building a B2B training firm, growing it from scratch to $13M in seven years.

David speaks and shares his insights and tactics on the impact of technology on leadership and management. His work at SoftEd helps organizations not only cope but thrive even with the ever-changing demands and complexities of modern business. 
With over 30 years of experience and more than 700 speaking engagements, he inspires better work practices in marketing, product management, project management, software development, executive management, and other key areas of technology and business operations. 
David’s home base is Raleigh-Durham, NC. From here he provides consulting to business owners here and worldwide. Driven by his love for helping people grow while
maintaining their mental health, he also mentors several rising executive leaders, providing pro bono career coaching services that utilize his career insurance methodology. David is well known for his Manticaisms, a unique ability to refine or as he might say butcher the English language. His playful demeanor and style attracts and humanizes us all.

Topic Synopsis:

Leadership is no longer about the presence of a positional powerbase. One must start 
thinking in terms of self-leadership, and how to utilize the referent powerbase, shifting  his or her concept of leadership from a noun to a verb. Through a focus on the details of  Adaptive Leadership, this program will show individuals how to build the skills  necessary to properly utilize Adaptive techniques. 

Adaptive Leadership was developed out of Harvard University, specifically around how  human psychology, evolutionary biology, and behavioral economics impact leadership 
when faced with the fast-paced and ever-present change of today’s world.  An Adaptive leader must change their approach to problem solving, testing,  communicating, and executing. These individuals must understand the implications of 
their work on the overall system, and they must constantly filter their work based on the  value of the outcomes produced. 

Innovation professionals are beginning to find themselves asked to support the  development of the “future state,” and be the trusted advisors to ensure the value of that  “future state” is properly defined. Adaptive Leadership skills have proven to be a critical  tool in ensuring success for innovation professionals. 

Learning Objectives:

1.    What is Adaptive Leadership 
2.    Adaptive challenges vs technical issues 
3.    The mind set required for adaptive leaders 
4.    Adaptive Leadership competencies 
5.    Criticality of Learning in Adaptive Leadership 

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