Blog
“Be like water” – flowing as a host leader
A recent article from Dr Colm Foster, Director of Executive Education at the Irish Management Institute, sets out the idea that, particularly in a fast-moving VUCA...
Host Leadership – responding to the unexpected
In a fast-moving world, leaders need to become skilled improvisers. That’s the message from Robert Poynton, associate fellow at Oxford’s Said Business School. In a recent...
An invitation to celebrate: Host Leadership in Australian schools
New South Wales Director of Public Schools Maria Serafim is a keen exponent of both host leadership and solution-focused approaches. She has been inviting school principals...
‘In The Gallery’ all the time – lessons from a master host
Part of our model of leading as a host is the idea of four positions – In the spotlight, With the guests, In the gallery and...
A great invitation – from nearly 2000 years ago!
Christmas time is always a time for parties and gatherings, and so it’s also a great time to practice your inviting skills. Jenny and I spent...
News
Host Leadership Gathering 2018 – Paris, 28-29 May! Tickets available now
Wonderful news from us here at Host Leadership. Plans are coming together for our next Gathering, which will be in Paris, France on 28-29 May 2018. ...
From Heroic to ‘collective and collaborative’ leadership – new Henley report
Peter Hawkins, one of the most experienced and respected voices on the leadership and transformation scene in the UK, has just published a new research report...
NEW! Host Leadership introduction video
We’re delighted to have a new video to share, featuring Mark McKergow himself introducing the concept of host leadership through three leadership metaphors – hero, servant...
2017 – the year ‘soft power’ went missing?
As we look back on world developments in 2017, I wonder whether this will come to be seen as the year that ‘soft power’ went missing. ...
Bulgarian edition of Host is published
The Bulgarian language edition of Host is now out. Published by Istok-Zapad, it goes under the Bulgarian title of ‘Гостоприемно лидерство’, or (literally) Hospitable Leadership. The...