This case is an opportunity to learn about systems' level thinking (Senge, 2006; Wheatley, 2006), practices of a learning organization (Senge, 2006), and post-industrial leadership theorysee Transformational Leadership (Burns, 1978; Bass and Riggio, 2006), Relational Leadership (Rost, 1993), and Adaptive Leadership (Heifetz and Laurie, 2001; Heifetz, R., Grashow, A., & Linsky, M. 2009). The practice of adaptive leadership: Tools and tactics for changing your organization and the world. Boston, MA: Harvard Business Review.

Imagine that you have been hired as a highly paid consultant and must help the mayor of Imperial Beach, CA. You were hired to introduce new ideas and/or coaching to improve the leadership both individually and through efforts to manage change in the organization.) That identifies:

• The issues presented in the case
• Your analysis of the identified issues
• Your approach to leadership utilizing ideas presented in the course to solve the issues you identified

Connect the analysis to the practices of a learning organization, dialogue, transformational leadership, relational leadership, adaptive leadership, and/or systems thinking.