The Practice of Adaptive Leadership: Tools and Tactics for Changing Your Organization and the World

book

by Ronald A. Heifetz, Marty Linsky, Alexander Grashow, Cambridge Leadership Associates, MA, 2009

Description

This thought-provoking book on leadership offers readers with tools they can use to become more effective and confident leaders.

Features

how words, emotions, thoughts, and actions contribute to a healthier community; how leaders interpret events, expanding informal authority, growing your personal support network

Recommended Audience

Clergy and lay leaders

Cost

Purchase as book or e-book

Practical Applications

Lead more effectively by reflecting upon your strengths and weaknesses --- understanding what activates your defensive triggers and how you respond to events.
Develop leaders within the congregation by providing and studying this book in small groups.

Updated: February 18, 2025

About the Contributor

Tim Shapiro

President

Tim Shapiro is the Indianapolis Center’s president. He began serving the Center in 2003 after 18 years in pastoral ministry. For 14 years, Tim served Westminster Presbyterian Church in Xenia, Ohio. Prior to his pastorate at Westminster, he was pastor of Bethlehem Presbyterian Church in Logansport, Indiana. He holds degrees from Purdue University and Louisville Presbyterian Theological Seminary.

Tim’s interest in how congregations learn to do new things is represented in his book How Your Congregation Learns. After his extensive work on the Center’s Sacred Space initiative, Tim co-authored the book Holy Places: Matching Sacred Space with Mission and Message. He has also authored several articles, including Applying Positive Deviance and The Congregation of Theological Coherence.

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