The Leaderful Fieldbook : Strategies and Activities for Developing Leadership in Everyone

The Global Economy--the flattened networked world--demands a new type of leadership: one that is collective and collaborative, where solutions and vision are co-created by everyone. Although generously depicted in the author's Creating Leaderful Organizations, the practical application of collective leadership remains a mystery to many practicing executives and managers. It is evident that the development of leaderful organizations cannot happen overnight; in fact, we need agents to emerge to help us learn how to change longstanding regressive organizational cultures into more leaderful communities. When we say leaderful, we refer to leadership practices that are collective and concurrent - people can serve as leaders all together and at the same time. This fieldbook is designed for these change agents - coaches, facilitators, OD consultants, and weavers - wishing to embark with their clients on a leaderful journey across a range of levels--from individual to network-- and adopting a style of collective engagement that matches the democratic processes that they are seeking to produce. The Leaderful Fieldbook presents the most practical of recommendations in the form of an array of exercises that can be adopted immediately across these multiple levels of experience. It also features a set of cases that demonstrate the use of the exercises in each of these levels--individual, interpersonal, team, organizational, and social network. the Leaderful Fieldbook......Page 4 Contents......Page 6 Foreword......Page 10 Introduction......Page 14 01 Individual-Level Change......Page 28 Personal Learning Goals......Page 29 Leaderful Development......Page 35 Leaderful Behavior......Page 37 The Leaderful Mindset......Page 40 Leaderful Practice and Organizational Citizenship......Page 43 Leaderful “Hang Time”......Page 46 02 Interpersonal-Level Change......Page 54 Dialogic Skills......Page 56 Broadening Our Dialogue......Page 62 Increasing Our Inquiry......Page 65 Engaging in Collaborative Behavior......Page 67 Consistency Between Espousal and Action......Page 71 Intercultural Competence......Page 73 Peer Coaching......Page 79 03 Team-Level Change......Page 88 Facilitative Skills......Page 89 Concurrent Leadership......Page 96 Situational Development......Page 99 Leadership Roles......Page 106 Leaderful Team Development......Page 108 Improving My Team......Page 110 04 Organization-Level Change......Page 116 Leaderful Change......Page 118 Organizational Culture......Page 125 Leaderful Values......Page 128 The Self Within the Organization......Page 131 Organizational Commitment......Page 133 Meaning Making......Page 137 Worker Participation......Page 139 05 Network-Level Change......Page 148 Stakeholder Relations......Page 150 Network Stories......Page 154 Network Citizenship Behavior......Page 156 The Network Weaver Role......Page 159 Network Management......Page 163 The Quality of Knowledge Relationships......Page 166 The Principles of Public Engagement......Page 170 Afterword......Page 182 About the Author......Page 186 About the Contributors......Page 188 The Global Economy the flattened networked world demands a new type of leadership: one that is collective and collaborative, where solutions and vision are co-created by everyone. Although generously depicted in the author's Creating Leaderful Organizations, the practical application of collective leadership remains a mystery to many practicing executives and managers. It is evident that the development of leaderful organizations cannot happen overnight; in fact, we need agents to emerge to help us learn how to change longstanding regressive organizational cultures into more leaderful communities. When we say leaderful, we refer to leadership practices that are collective and concurrent - people can serve as leaders all together and at the same time. This fieldbook is designed for these change agents - coaches, facilitators, OD consultants, and weavers - wishing to embark with their clients on a leaderful journey across a range of levels from individual to network and adopting a style of collective engagement that matches the democratic processes that they are seeking to produce. The Leaderful Fieldbook presents the most practical of recommendations in the form of an array of exercises that can be adopted immediately across these multiple levels of experience. It also features a set of cases that demonstrate the use of the exercises in each of these levels individual, interpersonal, team, organizational, and social network." "Bursting with useful suggestions." - Peter Gronn, professor, University of Cambridge The global economy-the flattened world-demands a new type of leadership: collective and collaborative, where the solutions and vision are co-created by the team. Yet the practical application of collective leadership remains a mystery to many practicing executives and managers. The Leaderful Fieldbook helps change agents - from managers and trainers to consultants and coaches - create the conditions for transitioning from conventional to more collaborative forms of practice. Everyone is capable of participating in leadership, and not just sequentially, but collectively and concurrently-that is, all together and at the same time. The Leaderful Fieldbook presents a fresh and successful approach to leadership development across organizations. Hierarchical, command-and-control leadership is no longer viewed as the optimal approach to manage people who work in global enterprises and who have the capability and interest to run their own operations. The global economy-the flattened world-demands a new type of leadership: collective and collaborative, where the solutions and vision are co-created by the team. The Leaderful Fieldbook takes the approach that everyone is capable of participating in leadership, and not just sequentially, but collectively and concurrently-that is, all together and at the same time. The book presents four cri "This book will be a wonderful reference for the experienced practitioner or executive and an invaluable guide for the newcomer to the field of leadership development. In this highly actionable set of tools and stories Joe Raelin and his colleagues have captured a lifetime of insights about what really makes a difference in leadership."ùT.J. Elliott, chief learning officer, vice president, Strategic Workforce Solutions, Educational Testing Service --Book Jacket "Joe Raelin has long been the expert in understanding the theories and principles of the new leadership that incorporates concurrence, collectiveness, collaboration, and compassion. The Leaderful Fieldbook provides the insights and strategies that will allow each one of us to become a better leader"ùMichael Marquardt, president, World Institute for Action Learning, and author of Leading with Questions and Optimizing the Power of Action Learning "Bursting with useful suggestions...The Leaderful Fieldbook provides a clearly articulated, highly accessible and useful exposition in which there are numerous practical activities for the improvement of personal performance and organizational betterment."ùPeter Gronn, professor, University of Cambridge