What kind of leader will help us to
survive? Because when…
… THE METEORITE FALLS…
…in the gulf of Mexico…
You don’t survive by becoming…
…a more efficient dinosaur!
SO, HOW TO SURVIVE?
READ THE MANUAL!
ADAPT!
So, what kind of leader will help us to
adapt?
First: What must all leaders
be able to do?
1. Influence without the privilege of rank
2. Stand alone against the crowd
3. Picture the future 4. Make street smart
decisions.
+FUTURE VISION- FUTURE VISION+STREET SMART
ACCOMPLISHED LEADER
+STREET SMART
OPERATOR
-FUTURE VISION
-STREET SMART
THE LOSER THE DREAMER
+FUTURE VISION
-STREET SMART
Future vision & Street Smart distinguish you
from The Dreamers,
The Losers, The Operators.
+PRINCIPLED-PRINCIPLED+PERSUASIVE
ACCOMPLISHED LEADER
+PERSUASIVE
OPPORTUNIST
-PRINCIPLED
-COMMUNICATIVE
THE LOST SOUL THE OUTCAST
+PRINCIPLED
-PERSUASIVE
Principled & Persuasive distinguish you from
The Outcast, The Lost Soul,
The Opportunist.
BUT: ADAPTIVE LEADERS
REPRESENT A SPECIAL CLASS WITHIN THE LARGER GROUP OF
LEADERS.
THERE ARE…
5 baskets
INTO WHICH WE CAN GROUP ADAPTIVE
LEADERSHIP SKILLS.
#1 REFLECTIVE
Can take a step back from the
urgency of the moment...
IMPORTANT & URGENT
IMPORTANT BUT
NOT URGENT
UNIMPORTANT BUT URGENT
UNIMPORTANT & NOT URGENT
It’s the “Important, but not Urgent” that’s
strategically deadly. The slow poison that
kills you in the long run.
Understand that efficiency
can be…
…the enemy of
adaptation.
#2 RESOURCEFUL
#3 EXPERIMENTS
#4 3-D INTELLECT
#5 CHANGE MASTER
3 Guidelines for adaptability.
(Why not test experiment,
and compare the results?)
INTUITIVE Meyers Briggs: INTJ & ENTJ
“I adapt, therefore I am!”
