What is the Art of Participatory Leadership?
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The Art of Participatory Leadership (AoPL) is an approach to leadership that scales up from personal to systemic usage of dialogue, facilitation, collaboration and co-creation of new solutions to address complex challenges that we face in our organizations today.
Based on hosting and harvesting meaningful conversations and related methodologies and mental models, AoPL is structured set of practices for facilitating conversations of all group-sizes, supported by principles that maximize collective intelligence, welcome and listen to diverse viewpoints, maximize participation and transform conflict into creative cooperation. |
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PL is increasingly used in many organizations around the globe for:
Since 2004 this training is organized in Croatia with focus on organizational development and complex challenges in corporate, private and public organizations where engagement and true collaboration is so much needed. Our previous groups were engaged as active participants of their own learning from the first day. They left the session with new knowledge, insights, tools and techniques - for themselves, and for their organizations. It was also a rare chance for them to reflect, relax and renew their energy for what lies ahead. Previous trainings brought high diversity of participants and richness of experiences and ideas. As a hosting team, we are inspired by the people we meet and all the initiatives, ideas and opportunities to implement participatory approach.
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- Supporting the organizational change and development by engaging and empowering the collective knowledge and innovative capacity in all staff
- Developing knowledge and solutions within business and services by strengthening relations and co-creating with internal and external stakeholders (collaboration across levels and departments, working across silos)
- Building advanced leadership capacity in the organization by training and nurturing personal leadership, collective learning and self-organization for staff to step in and take charge of the challenges facing them
Since 2004 this training is organized in Croatia with focus on organizational development and complex challenges in corporate, private and public organizations where engagement and true collaboration is so much needed. Our previous groups were engaged as active participants of their own learning from the first day. They left the session with new knowledge, insights, tools and techniques - for themselves, and for their organizations. It was also a rare chance for them to reflect, relax and renew their energy for what lies ahead. Previous trainings brought high diversity of participants and richness of experiences and ideas. As a hosting team, we are inspired by the people we meet and all the initiatives, ideas and opportunities to implement participatory approach.
Read more about AoPL training references.
This training is special because it offers simultaneously learning about (new) techniques how to engage people in conversations/projects and trying it out on the spot. We used possibility to discuss details what may and/or may not apply to your organisation and by this immediately adapt approach that one can use in real work environment."
Ivana Mihelčić, CFO, RTL Television
How to use it in business context?
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When implemented in the right conditions, AoPL has proven highly successful. It invites in relevant perspectives, creates focus on what really matters, supports an approach to deal strategically with complex cross-cutting issues and creates increased trust and engagement. When practiced over a sustained period of time, participatory leadership can transform the working culture into a more open, innovative and collaborative space.
This approach requires a shift in our understanding of leadership. Rather than the traditional leader pointing the way forward and driving the whole organisation towards set goals, we see the leader as a host, convening the diversity of perspectives required to make sense of a certain context and designing solutions for wise action. |
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Why Art of Hosting?
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The Art of Hosting as a general approach enables working within and across the system, and using resources that are hidden behind organisational rules and barriers: like the rich experience of people outside their job descriptions, synergy of people who work together with commitment and passion, innovation that happens when diverse personalities, skills and perspectives come together…
Groups and organizations using the Art of Hosting as a working practice report better decision-making, more efficient and effective capacity building and greater ability to quickly respond to opportunity, challenge and change. The Art of Hosting because:
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This training introduced me with principles and concrete creative tools that encouraged me in leading my meetings, trainings, workshops, even private conversations in more productive, efficient, high-quality and interesting way. This training doesn't give you only best formulas but opens a totally new perspective for business and life strategies in general.
Why to attend this training? I think that Benjamin Franklin put into words the biggest reason of all, better than I could do it. He said: „Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I learn." And it is all about learning.
Iva Bihler, internal trainer, Billa
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What people say about the Art of Participatory Leadership training?
“AoPL has given us a way of holding space for people to come together and connect with each other, to figure out what's important, new ways of doing things, and build community and links across boundaries. I learned many practical skills in planning and facilitating workshops, a new philosophy on the importance of bringing people together into a shared space, new methodologies that give shape and dimension to collaborative working. I also gained a community of practice and long-term collaborators (and friends!). I would recommend this training to people involved in Community Engagement, Business Development, Research Development.” - Claire Pembleton, Business Development Executive, Edinburgh Innovations, the University of Edinburgh
"I would recommend this training because learned techniques are fun and applicable in corporate world. Additionally you would have full support and assistance from hosting team if you decide to try it on the spot or implement it in your team. Results we have seen on training sessions are amassing. In real world these are tools for motivation of people."
Minja Kopcic, Vipnet
“All my expectations were fulfilled, and more. My specific problems solved by new learned techniques such as World Café, Open Space and Design for Wiser Actions.”
Stefania Škender, Smarth growth
"I would recommend this training because learned techniques are fun and applicable in corporate world. Additionally you would have full support and assistance from hosting team if you decide to try it on the spot or implement it in your team. Results we have seen on training sessions are amassing. In real world these are tools for motivation of people."
Minja Kopcic, Vipnet
“All my expectations were fulfilled, and more. My specific problems solved by new learned techniques such as World Café, Open Space and Design for Wiser Actions.”
Stefania Škender, Smarth growth
