What is leadership as a practice? How can you define the leadership practices in your organisation? How can day-to-day leadership practices be bundled? How do approaches to leadership differ with higher levels of role delineation?
In this episode, you'll hear from Carol Jacklin-Jarvis, a Senior Lecturer and former director of the Open University’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership. You are welcome to reach out to Carol about her work on carol.jacklin-jarvis@open.ac.uk
You can find out more about your host, Zac Parsons, on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zwparsons/
This conversation was based on a paper published by Carol Jacklin-Jarvis and James Rees called Fun, lifelong relationships, and a safer community: Understanding collective leadership practice in a grassroots association. It is available here: http://oro.open.ac.uk/78673/3/78673.pdf
// RESOURCES
Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership: https://www.open.ac.uk/centres/voluntary-sector-leadership/
CVSL's portal on OpenLearn: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/free-leadership-courses-the-voluntary-sector
// REFLECTION
Make a list of what you think the leadership practices are in your organisation. Discuss your list with a colleague. Do they agree? What would they add? What would they remove? Do any clear bundles of leadership emerge?
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(0:00) Intro
(0:37) What is meant by leadership as a practice?
(1:40) How does leadership as a practice differ from other leadership models?
(4:32) Creating bundles of leadership practices
(8:27) Can leadership as a practice be applied in organisations with stricter role delineation?
(14:09) How to define bundles of leadership practice in your organisation
(20:31) Do leadership practices change over time?
(24:49) How to effectively use management tools
(26:50) Free resources from the Open University’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership
(27:53) Looking at leadership through a different lens
(29:19) Find out more about Carol
(30:04) Outro