Leaders/Managers

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Leadership is often described as a noble and heroic activity one few can demonstrate and one which focuses on large issues or problems. Leadership is however, also about the day to day, the moment to moment action taken by more ordinary people, be it in their role as managers in organizations, members of a community group or as a citizen on the street or at home. The day-to-day actions someone takes to assist groups face problematic realties, where current knowledge or skills not sufficient for progress to be made are one the building blocks for adaptive change. Such actions or interventions are designed to do one thing to get and hold the attention of those who most need to be involved in the work of change. In this way intervention is a core leadership tool: one that needs to be and can be learned in order for those who choose to ex to do one thing to get and hold the attention of those who most need to be involved in the work of change.

In this way intervention is a core leadership tool: one that needs to be and can be learned in order for those who choose to exercise leadership to be most effective. Leaders have very few direct levers to pull when attempting to bring about change and, therefore, the solutions are to be found in community and organizational groups as they work, experiment, and learn and change together.

Leader Attributes: Leaders expect unpredictability, seeing it as an opportunity for bold action. They consciously take advantage of the power of relationships, search for solutions that make the whole more than the sum of the parts, and allow for emergent solutions from across the institution. Leaders establish a work culture to access ideas and inspire the energy of...