Developmental Leadership

Abstract

Abstract In this chapter the author argues that organizing the practice of developmental leadership developmental is foundational. This requires seeing each of us as capable of learning, growth, and development. This chapter focuses on specific ways we can develop leadership in the work we do. It looks at leadership less as the capability of a single individual than as a capacity both collaborative and distributed. The focus is first on collaboration in the design, launching, and practice of “real” leadership teams. Then looks at how teams can anchor the distribution of leadership practice throughout campaigns and organization. The chapter concludes by attending to the practice of coaching as fundamental to leadership as “enabling others to achieve shared purpose in the face of uncertainty.”