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If you are unsure where to put your thoughts regarding the draft definition of leadership, here’s a quick way. You can directly vote in this discourse poll and help us make this definition more accurate. Please don’t hesitate to drop your thoughts in the reply to this thread if you disagree with any of the following sentences or want to share any additional comments. Your opinion is extremely valuable to us!
Broad overarching definition
In the following statements, you will find each sentence of the draft definition. The definition is comprised of two parts: a broad overarching definition and three subcategories that elaborate on the actions, qualities, and outcomes of leadership. Please provide your constructive feedback in the reply to this thread. If you don’t agree with any section in the definition, provide your reasoning to help us improve the definition.
- Leadership is a complex and nuanced phenomenon that manifests differently based on linguistic, socio-cultural and community contexts.
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- Leadership can often be seen in skills and qualities of an individual, however, it is not tied to a specific position or role.
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- Leadership can be demonstrated in the way a group of people work together, take decisions, distribute responsibility and strive towards a common goal or vision.
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- Leadership can be understood as the ability to guide, inspire, build autonomy, encourage and motivate a group of people towards a shared future.
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Three categories through which leadership could be further qualified
This section shares three subcategories to the definition which aim to provide details about the actions, qualities and outcomes that good leadership encourages. Please read the statements and choose the parts that you agree with by clicking the checkboxes. Please feel free to add more categories or drop your thoughts regarding the existing categories in the reply to this thread.
- Actions of good leaders:
- Facilitating the setting of a shared vision through careful thought, discussion and decision making.
- Guiding and supporting collaborative decision making for the community to create shared strategies to achieve their vision.
- Creating and sustaining a supportive environment for community members to bring forth creative ideas and new ways of doing things.
- Generating and retaining trust within the community through transparency, inclusivity and autonomy of the group.
- Inspiring, encouraging and motivating community members through positive influencing to take reasonably justified risks, think outside the box and experiment.
- Facilitating the elimination of any obstructions ensuring they do not become a barrier to others.
- Seeking to understand the skills and interests of other community members to best support the use of their strengths creating an atmosphere of self-motivation.
- Agree with none of the above
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- Qualities of good leaders:
- Resilience: Ability to push through difficulties and challenges by reassessing strategies, changing methods and/or slowing down.
- Steady growth: Willingness to try new ways of doing things and learn from mistakes made along the way.
- Integrity: Adherence to agreed upon values and norms.
- Focus: Balancing the needs of the community with long-term and short-term goals, integrating consensus on the approach to achieve these goals.
- Courage: Willingness to take calculated risks, not being afraid of making mistakes. Shielding community members who are in the process of learning from their failures. Promoting other people’s success.
- Empathy: Ability to sense emotions, needs and desires of others and to (re-)act sensibly.
- Accountability: Accepting responsibility for a set of duties; being mindful of time, place and persons related to those duties.
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- Outcomes achieved because of good leadership:
- People release creative ideas.
- People develop and achieve a common goal.
- People keep an open spirit and stay curious.
- Presence of a common feeling that people are valued and listened to.
- Agree with none of the above
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