Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority Ronald Heifetz (2019)

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 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, simply because they passionately care about some problem situation, about the people in that problem situation and then mobilize people with faith in their capacity to step up to the plate and meet that challenge.

•  Introduction: Conversational Leadership   Conversational Leadership
•  Leadership Is a Practice Not a Position of Authority   Anyone can practice leadership
•  Responsibility   We need to take responsibility for the changes we wish to see in the world
•  Ronald Heifetz   Founding Director of the Center for Public Leadership at Harvard University
•  We Own Collective Responsibility for Global Conditions   Ronald Heifetz

Conversational Leadership

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