After completing the exercise and scoring at the beginning of Obolensky’s (2016, p. 169) Chapter 10, I have come to recognize that I’m still not fulfilling my leadership traits as an adaptive leader. I will take this with a grain of salt, because of the way the answers to the questions were limited or slanted, but regardless, this exercise gave me a chance to pause and reflect. The scoring showed that I typically use Strategy #3, Involve. Although this is close to the ultimate Strategy #4, Devolve, it is still not where I envision myself being. It is more of a “pull” strategy (Obolenskey, 2010, p. 172). Further, my scores revealed that I’m both working too hard and I’m also taking too direct of an approach with my followers. I’m not immune from making mistakes and I can see how my scores reflect the style of leadership I’m using. I do think that I overcompensate and try too hard by using the “pull” strategy. When the Four + Four principles are in place, which includes the followe...