ANSWERS
Unlike the trait approach and authentic leadership, which focus predominantly on the
characteristics of the leader, adaptive leadership stresses the activities of the leader in relation to
the work of the followers in the context in which they find themselves. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
In the leadership literature, Heifetz and his colleagues suggest that "adaptive leadership is the
practice of mobilizing people to tackle tough challenges and... ______." - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅thrive
The adaptive leadership approach assumes that many problems people face are actually
embedded in complicated interactive systems, thus illustrating the way adaptive leadership takes
a - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅systems perspective
Complexity Leadership Theory (which includes administrative, adaptive, and enabling
leadership) focuses on the strategies and behaviors that encourage learning, creativity, and
adaptation in complex organizational systems. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
A holding environment is central to adaptive work. A holding environment... (select all that
apply) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-a space where people can feel secure as they resolve
challenges
-is a space created and maintained by adaptive leaders
-a space where people can feel secure as they confront challenges
The six leader behaviors that play a major role in the process of adaptive leadership are (select
all) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅1. get on the balcony
2. identify adaptive challenges
3. regulate distress
4. maintain disciplined attention,
5. give the work back to the people
6. protect leadership voices from below
, Most of the writing about adaptive leadership has been prescriptive and based on anecdotal and
observational data rather than data derived from rigorous scientific inquiry. - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅True
According to Northouse, people often think of adaptive leadership as being follower-centered,
but it is actually more leader-centered. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅False
Conceptually, the process of adaptive leadership incorporates ideas from four different
viewpoints. Select all four. (Heifetz, 1994) - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅-a service
orientation perspective
-a systems perspective
-a psychotherapy perspective
-a biological perspective
Adaptive leadership has three major components. They include... (Figure 11.1) - CORRECT
ANSWER✅✅✅-situational challenges
-leader behaviors
-adaptive work
As the name of the approach implies, adaptive leadership is about how leaders encourage people
to adapt- to face and deal with problems, challenges, and changes. Adaptive leadership focuses
on the adaptations required of people in response - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True
Since ____ (last name) first published Leadership Without Easy Answers (1994), the seminal
book on adaptive leadership, the approach has occupied a unique place in leadership literature. -
CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅Heifetz
The goal of adaptive leadership is to encourage people to change and to learn new ways of living
sot hat they may effectively meet their challenges and grow in the process. In short, adaptive
leadership is the behavior of and the actions undertaken by leaders to encourage others to address
and resolve changes that are central in their lives. - CORRECT ANSWER✅✅✅True