Every leader at the University of Michigan today is having to navigate new challenges and changes. The ability to adapt, inspire, and mobilize others while staying steady in action is key to moving an initiative forward. Michigan Medicine Faculty Development and Organizational Learning have designed a five-month immersive leadership development program built on the Adaptive Leadership framework originating from the Harvard Center for Leadership. This program provides U-M leaders with a unique set of frameworks, skills and tools to fortify the adaptive capacity to drive change and address future challenges more effectively. 

This program is a next-level leadership program, building on the Leadership Academy (although it is not a prerequisite). The Adaptive Leadership Program is highly action and application-focused. You will be asked to identify a real-world adaptive challenge/change initiative you are engaged in or want to initiate, and apply the frameworks and tools throughout the program to support you in moving your change initiative forward.  

This is more than just leadership training – it’s an opportunity to elevate your influence, amplify your impact, and shape the future of your organization.

Expected Outcomes

• Tackle Tough Challenges - Learn to diagnose problems, challenge the status quo, and drive meaningful change

• Understand the System You Operate In - Learn a methodical way to identify and enroll critical key collaborators and impacted groups

• Design Micro Experiments and Interventions - Identify actions to test ideas and organization receptivity to change

• Lead with Agility - Build resilience and the ability to pivot in the face of uncertainty

• Engage and Inspire Teams - Foster collaboration, navigate resistance and lead with empathy

• Make Strategic High-Impact Decisions - Strengthen your ability to think critically and act strategically

• Gain Greater Self-Awareness - Understand how you move things forward, and how you get in your own way

You will learn to

• Determine the appropriate problems to solve, drive meaningful change and challenge the status quo

• Define a way to identify and engage key collaborators

• Identify steps to encourage needed change within the organization

You will benefit by

• Building resilience and the ability to pivot in the face of uncertainty

• Fostering meaningful collaboration in your unit

• Strengthening your ability to think critically and act strategically

Audience

Any U-M mid- to upper-level leader (including faculty and administrators) who have been with U-M for at least nine months within their role and has an institutional project they lead or will lead in the future

Program Notes

Applicants should have an institutional project they lead or will lead in the future.

If you have any questions, you can reach out to Allison Romanowski, [email protected].