Reference no: EM133784556
Leading the Engaged Enterprise
The purpose of this assessment is to evaluates students' understanding of adaptive challenges and their ability to apply Heifetz's Adaptive Leadership framework to analyse and address complex organisational problems.
Assessment Task:
Teruo Yabe, the newly appointed Director and General Manager of Tessei, is committed to practicing adaptive leadership. He has asked your group to assist in diagnosing the key challenges Tessei is currently facing and to propose strategies to address these challenges, using the Adaptive Leadership Framework.
Your group is required to prepare a presentation for Teruo Yabe that addresses the following:
Diagnose the challenges: Identify and analyse the main adaptive challenges at Tessei, considering both technical and adaptive aspects.
Propose adaptive strategies: Recommend strategies to effectively address these challenges, grounded in the principles of adaptive leadership.
For this task, use ONLY the following resources:
The CASE: Bernstein, E., & Buell, R. W. (2015). "Trouble at Tessei". Harvard Business School Case 615-044. Harvard Business School.
Northouse, P. G. (2021). Adaptive Leadership. In Leadership - international student edition: Theory and practice (9th ed., pp. 286-321). SAGE Publications, Inc.
Heifetz, R. A., Grashow, A., & Linsky, M. (2009). The practice of adaptive leadership: Tools and tactics for changing your organisation and the world. Harvard Business Press.
Assessment Criteria:
• Diagnosis of the Adaptive Challenge (50%)
• Clear identification and articulation of the adaptive challenge.
• Distinction between technical problems and adaptive challenges.
• Application of Heifetz's principles, including recognising the gap between values and behaviours, stakeholder dynamics, and systemic issues.
• Adaptive Leadership Strategy & Recommendations (30%)
• Application of key concepts from Heifetz's Adaptive Leadership, such as regulating distress, maintaining disciplined attention, giving work back to people, and protecting voices of leadership from below.
• Strategic recommendations focused on mobilising stakeholders, managing resistance, and fostering adaptive work.
• Clear linkage between the challenge, the analysis, and proposed leadership actions.
Case - Trouble at Tessei by ETHAN BERNSTEIN & RYAN W. BUELL