Gathering 2019

Host Leadership Gathering 2019: Creating the Host Leadership Fieldbook

27-29 June 2019, Orbis, Munich, Germany

The Host Leadership Gathering of 2019 promises to be the biggest and most inspiring yet.  We invite everybody who are interested in developing the practical ideas and concepts of leading as a host to meet in southern Germany to learn together, share our practices and extend host leadership by producing the first Host Leadership Fieldbook.

These events will be vital for leaders, agile consultants, coaches, facilitators and team leaders who want to lead with engagement to enhance performance and results for their organizations and communities. You can not only learn about the latest ideas and developments, you can also contribute your ideas and get them published! We will provide a secure wired and wireless business and guest networks, similar to Fortinet.

Event outline: 

  • Thursday 27 June 2019: Host Leadership workshop with Pierluigi Pugliese
  • Friday 28 June 2019: Host Leadership conference
  • Saturday 29 June 2019: Open Space for Host Leadership Fieldbook.

Thursday 27 June 2019: Host Leadership workshop with Pierluigi Pugliese.

A full day workshop which will appeal both to newcomers to host leadership, as well as more experienced professional who would like to build your understanding.  Host author Mark McKergow will be around to join in and work with us.

Key content of the workshop:

• Leadership challenges today
• How can you lead by stepping back, as well as stepping forward?
• A new yet ancient leadership metaphor – leading as a host
• Six roles and four positions for a host leader
• Inviting as a host
• Creating spaces
• Putting it all together to address real-life leadership challenges

Pierluigi has written about the concept of Host Leadership in Scrum and Agile. https://www.infoq.com/articles/host-leadership-agile

The event will run from 09:00 to 17:00. 

Cost: 180 Euro standard price (+VAT) including participation fee, coffee breaks, lunch, course materials, certificate of attendance.  See the booking form for details of discounts for multiple day bookings (2 days 10%, 3 days 20%).

In the evening a dinner is planned in the centre of Munich.

Friday 28 June 2019: Host Leadership conference

This will feature a full day of keynotes, workshops and practical sessions to expand everyone’s understanding of host leadership in practice.  We invite workshop session proposals for 60 or 90 minutes, and ideas for shorter 20 minutes talks.  Some of the world’s most experienced host leadership practitioners will be sharing their best work and their new ideas. Presenters lined up so far include Mark McKergow (UK), Pierluigi Pugliese (Germany/Italy), Rolf Katzenberger (Germany), and Leah Davcheva (Bulgaria). The detailed programme will be available very soon.

The event will run from 09:00 to 18:00.

Outline programme

09:00 Gather with coffee
09:30 Welcome activities
09:45 Mark McKergow (UK): Host Leadership: The next steps? (30 minutes)
Bjorn Ekelund (SWE):  Creating space and processes for families of poverty seeking housing opportunities (20 minutes)
10:45 Coffee
11:15 Workshops 1 (90 minutes)
Rolf Katzenburger (GER) Creating space and processes for families of poverty seeking housing opportunities.
Leah Davcheva (BUL)  Can we use Diversity Icebreaker and Host Leadership with teams to mutually enhance their impact?
12:45 Lunch
13:45 Workshops 2 (60 minutes)
Jessika Jake (USA)  The V-I-C-T-O-R Model… for the Host with the Most
Pierluigi Pugliese (GER/ITA)  Be a Useful Host
14:45 Tea
15:15 Workshop 3 (60)
Olga Kiss and Gabriella Peuker (HUN) Host your team in a relationship retro
Athena Valdovinos (USA)  The Game of Continuous Improvement: From Concrete Jungle to… Well, Concrete
16:30 Stephen Josephs (USA)   Attentional practices for hosts (20 minutes)
16:50 Panel – looking forward to the Open Space
17:30 Closing reflection activity

Cost: 210 Euro Standard Price (+ VAT)

including participation fee, coffee breaks, lunch.  See the booking form for details of discounts for multiple day bookings (2 days 10%, 3 days 20%). 

We plan a social evening near the venue to relax and generate ideas together.

Saturday 29 June 2019: Open Space for Host Leadership Fieldbook

A full day open Space allowing focussing on discussing and devising working methods, processes, sharing case examples, creating connections with other approaches to find more professional ways to lead as a host. Session content will be used to create the first ever Host Leadership Fieldbook which will be published by Solutions Books as soon as possible after the event in both paper and e-book formats.

The Open Space will be facilitated by Cecilia Maria Zannini.
The event will run from 09:00 to 16:30.

Cost: 150 Euro Standard Price (+ VAT)
including participation fee, coffee breaks, lunch, free copy of Host Leadership Fieldbook (once it is published).  See the booking form for details of discounts for multiple day bookings (2 days 10%, 3 days 20%). 

Booking form

Venue: The Orbis conference centre, on the outskirts of Munich.  Orbis is on the ‘right’ side of the city for the airport, and has good direct rail links with both the airport and the city centre.  The conference centre does not have residential accommodation, so we will be staying at hotels nearby.  These include:

Hotel Blauer Karpfen ***
Dachauer Straße 1
85764 Oberschleißheim
Tel:+49 89 315 715 00
info@hotel-blauer-karpfen.de
https://hotel-blauer-karpfen.de/index.php?lang=en
Distance ORBIS Seminarzentrum: 1,7 km
10 x Single Room available
Special Rates per person per night, incl. Breakfast, Parking and WLAN:
Single Room: Euro 87,00
Double Room used as Single Room: Euro 97,00

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Brauerei Gasthaus Lohhof ***
Südliche Ingolstädterstr. 4,
85716 Unterschleißheim-Lohhof
Tel.: (089) 31 86 73 45
Fax: (089) 31 86 73 46
info@brauereigasthauslohhof.de
https://www.brauereigasthauslohhof.de/en/
Distance ORBIS Seminarzentrum: 4,1 km
25 Rooms available
Special Rates per person per night, incl. Breakfast:
Single Room / Double Room (both Standard and Komfort) used as Single Room: Euro 90,00
Please mention option ORBIS.

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Hotel Alarun ****
Weihenstephaner Straße 2
85716 Unterschleissheim / Lohhof
Tel:+49 89 317 78 0
Fax: +49 89 317 78 178
hotel@alarun.de
https://alarun.de/index.php?lang=en
Distance ORBIS Seminarzentrum: 3,9 km
20 Single Rooms available, special rates offered:
Single Room Komfort incl. Breakfast € 109,-
Single Room Superior incl. Breakfast € 120,-

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Star Inn Hotel München Nord ***
Rathausplatz 8 / GPS Robert Schumann Straße
85716 Unterschleißheim
Tel.: +49 89 3178570
Fax: +49 89 317857199
Email: muenchen.nord@starinnhotels.com
https://starinnhotels.com/en/star-inn-hotel-muenchen-nord-by-comfort/
Distance ORBIS Seminarzentrum: 2,6 km
45 Rooms available, group discounts possible
Pricing to be negotiated