Christopher Global

The adaptive leadership approach has become less prevalent in today's modern organizations. Adaptive leadership is becoming more challenging as less and less leaders tend to interact with their own employees and supporting staff on a regular basis. An adaptive approach involves being able to pivot the direction of progress. Adaptive leadership relies on the ability to influence and acquire information.

Complex projects require data gathering and decision making, which is what agility is all about.

How does this drive innovation? The process of innovation pushes organizations to the brink of chaos in order to inspire change. Change creates highly stressful, ambiguous environments and the attitude and behavior of the leader sets the tone for the work culture and the projects.

If you want to drive innovation or change through your projects, be agile. The more realistic answer is to set the tone with adaptive leadership. Leadership that adapts to changing circumstances and communicates in a positive, directive manner are the keys to bringing about innovative change.