I believe that the adaptive leadership toolkit should never be
communicated all at once but rather in a step by step process so no
one in the company feels rampaged by the new leadership
mentalities and that the company can utilize them more efficiently by
educating all levels of the company about the toolkit. Firstly, those
with the most power/leadership in the company should be told about
the upcoming changes before they are implemented so they have
time to go over all the positive or negative outcomes that may come.
This way when they are actively learning how to implement the
toolkit they have the ability to ask more questions and have the
willingness to move towards a higher functioning team. Furthermore,
the leadership in the company should take a second step forward by
asking their teams what they want to see from them in the future
and what would help them the most. This way even the lowest in
leadership is heard and are going to be treated fairly and with
respect.
To ensure that this communication be sustainable long-term there
can be evaluations of all level of leadership and management every 3,
6, 12 months to understand how the toolkit is being utilized and its
success rate within the company. Also, it is important to understand
that some employees may have a different perspective of the toolkit
than others so we need to continuously have education classes on
how the toolkit should be implemented and ensure it is not taken for
granted.
