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Host Leadership Hint #9: Take time In The Kitchen
When we go into organisations and groups to help them learn about Host Leadership, we talk about our four positions for a host leader. These first...
Host Leadership Hint #8: Using ‘Convening Power’
Here in the UK we have just had a set of city mayor elections. This is quite a new thing for us; these ‘metro-mayors’ are directly...
Host Leadership Hint #7: Step back to move forwards
Everyone knows that leading is about stepping forward, right? Leaders are visible, go first and attract attention. Well, that’s right some of the time. And some...
Host Leadership Hint #6: The power of a positive No
As a host leader, we look to be clear about boundaries, what is appropriate in this particular space and what is not. Occasionally, even with the...
Host Leadership Hint #5: Step into, and out of, the six roles
Our next Host Leadership Hint comes from Leah Davcheva, a member of the Host Leadership Stewards group who has been using hosting ideas in her work...
News
NEW: Mark McKergow talks to ‘Kindness Chef’ Harpal Dhatt about ‘welcoming the stranger’
A new podcast about hosting has been released by Harpal Dhatt, the ‘Kindness Chef’. Harpal is interested in how to build kindness and has been going...
Mark’s new online Hosting Generative Change course starts Tuesday 7 September 2021
Exciting news! Mark McKergow’s new online course for OD professionals, facilitators, consultants, and indeed anyone wanting to bring people together to build innovative and generative change is...
Host Leading – Taking a practical new view on leadership
Join us for this free online workshop with Dr Leah Davcheva, coach and facilitator specialising in Host leadership and the Solutions Focus approach to building change....
NEW online meet-up: Host Leadership past, present and future – Mon 14 December 2020
Join us for this 90 minute online event with Dr Mark McKergow, co-author of Host and the Host Leadership Field Book. Mark will be sharing how his work about...
New poster resources for Host Leadership
This is a guest blog from Leah Davcheva of Aha Moments in Sofia, Bulgaria. Leah is an experienced user and teacher of host leadership in many...
Positions
Host Leadership Hint #9: Take time In The Kitchen
When we go into organisations and groups to help them learn about Host Leadership, we talk about our four positions for a host leader. These first...
Roles
Host Leadership Hint #8: Using ‘Convening Power’
Here in the UK we have just had a set of city mayor elections. This is quite a new thing for us; these ‘metro-mayors’ are directly...
Host Leadership Hint #6: The power of a positive No
As a host leader, we look to be clear about boundaries, what is appropriate in this particular space and what is not. Occasionally, even with the...
Host Leadership Hint #4: Listen out! What is your organisation calling for?
One of the six roles of Host Leadership is the Initiator – the person who starts thing off, notices a priority and brings it into focus. ...
Host Leadership Hint #3: Connect with people at the threshold – even in online meetings
As a host leader, we seek to meet people at the threshold. There is a key moment as people arrive when we want to be in...
Host Leadership Hint #1: Creating the space in online meetings
This first Host Leadership Hint in our new series comes from Pierluigi Pugliese, co-editor of the Host Leadership Field Book. Even without giving any credibility to...
Take The Hint
Host Leadership Hint #9: Take time In The Kitchen
When we go into organisations and groups to help them learn about Host Leadership, we talk about our four positions for a host leader. These first...
Host Leadership Hint #8: Using ‘Convening Power’
Here in the UK we have just had a set of city mayor elections. This is quite a new thing for us; these ‘metro-mayors’ are directly...
Host Leadership Hint #7: Step back to move forwards
Everyone knows that leading is about stepping forward, right? Leaders are visible, go first and attract attention. Well, that’s right some of the time. And some...
Host Leadership Hint #6: The power of a positive No
As a host leader, we look to be clear about boundaries, what is appropriate in this particular space and what is not. Occasionally, even with the...
Host Leadership Hint #5: Step into, and out of, the six roles
Our next Host Leadership Hint comes from Leah Davcheva, a member of the Host Leadership Stewards group who has been using hosting ideas in her work...