What if leadership at work wasn’t for a select few, but rather shared among many? Management consultant Gitte Frederiksen gives us the recipe for “distributed leadership”—dynamic, multi-dimensional networks of leaders that tap into everyone’s knowledge and creativity — and shows how it allows teams to do more and do it better. Posts where this video … Continue reading Great Leadership Is a Network, Not a Hierarchy Gitte Frederiksen (2022)
Ronald Heifetz founded the Center for Public Leadership and is the King Hussein bin Talal Senior Lecturer in Public Leadership at Harvard Kennedy School. I have only recently discovered Ron Heifetz and learned that his views on leadership are remarkably similar to my own. WikipediaRonald HeifetzYouTubeRonald HeifetzGoogleRonald HeifetzPosts: Ronald HeifetzLeadership Is a Practice Not a … Continue reading Ronald Heifetz Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University
You will find the transcript of the last minute or so of Ronald Heifetz‘s talk below. The highlighting is mine and draws attention to what I consider to be the key points. Ronald’s views on leadership as a practice fit perfectly with the concept of Conversational Leadership. We are all capable of practicing conversational leadership. Transcript Distinguishing leadership … Continue reading Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Ronald Heifetz (2019)
Distinguishing leadership from authority helps us begin to see that if we understand leadership as a practice, as an activity, then it becomes available to anybody high or low, any place or position. Credit: Ronald Heifetz Posts where this quotation is embedded Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Anyone can practice leadershipPeople: Ronald … Continue reading Leadership Is a Practice Ronald Heifetz
We own collective responsibility for the global conditions that we impact and that impact us. We will not make these changes based on authority-based leadership, but rather with each of us taking a leadership role. Credit: Ronald Heifetz Posts where this quotation is embedded Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Anyone can practice … Continue reading We Are Collectively Responsible for Global Conditions Ronald Heifetz
People sit in a circle, with the intention of de-emphasizing hierarchies and instead encouraging what’s called “a leader in every chair”. To create the mindfulness and focus conducive to an environment where everyone collaborates and contributes, meetings begin with a minute of silence. Credit: Amy Edmondson Posts where this quotation is embedded Leadership Is a Practice Not … Continue reading Encouraging “a Leader in Every Chair” Amy Edmondson
Systems Leadership is about how you lead across boundaries – departmental, organisational or sector. It’s how you lead when you’re not in charge, and you need to influence others rather than pull a management lever. It describes the way you need to work when you face large, complex, difficult and seemingly intractable problems; where you … Continue reading Systems Leadership Is How You Lead When You’re Not in Charge Debbie Sorkin
Abstract Consistent with views that see leadership emerging from social practices rather than from the external mind, this paper contributes to an emerging movement in leadership studies known as ‘leadership-as-practice’ (L-A-P). This movement looks for leadership in its music and activity rather than in the traits and heroics of individual actors. The article distinguishes L-A-P … Continue reading From Leadership-as-practice to Leaderful Practice Joe Raelin (2011)
Most people think of leadership as a position and therefore don’t see themselves as leaders. Credit: Stephen Covey Source: The 8th Habit Personal Workbook: Strategies to Take You from Effectiveness to GreatnessPosts where this quotation is embedded Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Anyone can practice leadershipPeople: Stephen R. CoveyStephen R. Covey Educator, Author … Continue reading Most People Think of Leadership as a Position Stephen R. Covey
The new kind of business hero must learn to operate without the might of the hierarchy behind them. The crutch of authority must be thrown away and replaced by their own ability to make relationships, use influence and work with others to achieve results. Credit: Rosabeth Moss Kanter Posts where this quotation is embedded Leadership Is … Continue reading Operating Without Hierarchy Rosabeth Moss Kanter
What Makes a Real Community? Politics Is Life Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter In an article in the Harvard Business Review, Rebuilding Companies as Communities, Henry Mintzberg talks about a concept called communityship. So what is communityship? Leadership Let’s start by talking about leadership – something with which we are familiar. Go Google … Continue reading What Is Communityship? Where everyone in a community practices leadership
Gossip and Lashon Hara Ownership, Not Buy-in Close Pop-up all posts in this chapter Effective leadership is vital for driving positive change in a complex world. However, many view leadership as a position of authority rather than a practice accessible to all. We can create a more engaged and sustainable society by recognizing that anyone … Continue reading Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Anyone can practice leadership
