Adaptive Leadership Case Study

This Chapter is more specific about the importance of developing personal adaptive leadership practices. Learning to understand your internal and external personality and leadership traits will go a long way in terms of foster creativeness, boldness and a clearer understanding of the insides and out of your own system.

SEE YOURSELF AS THE SYSTEM

In Chapter 13, the authors confer that the in order to understand the leadership traits you possess you have to see yourself as the system, you have to learn the many facets of who you are and the environment that created your logic and behavior . Once you have accomplished this feat, you will have a better ability to properly assess whether or not your skills set will positively or negatively impact the success of your organizations.

I think this is very important for church leaders especially Pastors. Quite often in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, we find that many pastors are ill-equipped to

Pastors can sometimes blur the lines and create confusion when they do not fully understand the role that they are suppose to assume in their church 's ultimate success and well-being. Albeit that no two leader possess the same leadership traits or values, but understanding the critical role you play in your organization success can differ slightly from church to church depending on the contextual environment that exists and the values that are present. Most effective organizational leaders understand that each scenario or challenge presented will at times require a leader to wear multiple hats in order to respond differently depending on the assignment that is before you. That said, I think that pastors and organizational leaders must also understand that there are some roles that ultimately a leader cannot assume, but must be delegated to team members who possess the tools that can help the church achieve the best optimal