Join us as we explore Conversational Leadership – a different way of looking at organisations, change and leadership in the midst of complexity.
Leading in Conversation – Episode 6
– Is conversational leadership (CL) just another tool in a leaders’ toolbox? – What’s new about CL compared to other approaches? – What do you think makes a particular method conversational or not conversational? – How do decisions get made? – How is CL different to participatory methods? – Is conversational leadership just for extroverts
Leading in Conversation – Episode 5
A conversation with Reinhold Titus about conversational leadership, culture and inclusion: His motivation for using conversational leadership – Getting started, passing on the vision, and some of the challenges – The dynamics of language, gender, age, and power.
Leading in Conversation – Episode 4
A conversation with Johnstone Ndunde, Claire O’Leary and Samantha Deck. We explore conversational leadership in a conference setting and how it works in practice to: – Create safe spaces for conversation – Use stories – Work with Open Space Technology – Do sense making together
Leading in Conversation – Episode 3
Three underlying processes for conversational leadership: – disruption and emergence. Disruption needs to be based on an understanding of complexity in organisations – the power of narratives: narratives guide all of us. How we can change the narrative? – Generative images. What is a generative image and how can you create one
Leading in Conversation – Episode 2
Different uses of Conversational Leadership, both for change processes and daily leadership; The basics of a process: – Framing the issue – Inviting people to join conversation – Creating a safe space (“containers”) – Creating structure – tools for hosting a conversation – Making space for spontaneous interactions – Staying in the groan zone long enough – Coming to conclusions
Leading in Conversation – Episode 1
Introduction to Nelis van den Berg and Kate King What is conversational leadership? Six principles of conversational leadership: – An organisation is a web of ongoing conversations – Everyone in the organisation has wisdom that is needed – Leaders have an important but different role to play – Diversity is needed – Talk IS action – Conversational leadership opens up space beyond the rational