INTEGRATIVE LEADERSHIP DYNAMICS: FUSING ADAPTIVE STRATEGIES WITH URSIFORM RESILIENCE IN ORGANISATIONAL DECISION-MAKING

Authors: Oluseyi O. Sode, Ph.D. & Omotayo J. Mustapha, Ph.D.

ABSTRACT

The organisational landscape of the 21st century is characterized by systemic volatility and institutional disruption, requiring leadership frameworks that combine agility with resilience. This study assesses the effectiveness of integrative leadership dynamics, and adaptive strategies with ursiform resilience and how it enhance decision-making processes with a focus on selected telecommunication sector in Nigeria. The research employs a mixed-methods approach that incorporates both descriptive statistics and regression modeling. Through comparative case analyses, the study shows that leaders who incorporate these two dimensions consistently outperform their peers in crisis management and institutional renewal, achieving recovery from disruptions faster. This paper introduces integrative leadership dynamics, a new paradigm that merges adaptive strategies based on Heifetz’s Adaptive Leadership Theory with ursiform resilience, a metaphor representing bear-like endurance, behavioral flexibility, and regenerative capacity. By integrating adaptability and resilience strategic, this model addresses significant shortcomings in traditional leadership approaches that struggle with modern complexities. Key findings highlight a synergistic decision-making culture: adaptive tactics facilitate real-time improvisation and scenario prediction, while ursiform traits promote psychosocial stability and resource sustainability in challenging situations. Organizations that embrace this hybrid approach demonstrate an enhanced ability to balance agility with systemic coherence, turning turbulence into strategic opportunities. Leaders who integrate adaptive and resilience principles exhibited superior crisis management, utilizing real-time improvisation while maintaining systemic coherence. The study recommends institutionalizing integrative leadership through experiential training programs, resilience metrics and scenario-based simulations to foster adaptive fluency.  By combining theoretical rigor with empirical validation, this framework provides a practical roadmap for organizations navigating ongoing disruption, transforming volatility into strategic renewal while ensuring ethical and operational resilience in both developing and globalized contexts.

Keywords: Integrative Leadership, Adaptive Strategies, Ursiform Resilience, Organisational Decision-Making, Leadership Dynamics

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