Collective Leadership Manifesto

A Commitment to lead collectively

Reflection and reflexivity help us to answer the intelligent leadership questions of ‘what’ and ‘why’ and ‘where’ and ‘when’ and ‘who’ and ‘how’ and encourages you to 're-imagine' what leadership could be. The Manifesto provides a checklist of how to reinvent your leadership and make it happen.

The First Step on the road to commmitment

Just as “Looking at our actions in the mirror is the first step on the road to Adaptation" so committing to the manifesto is a first step on the road to making a difference.

Do you understand and respect the history of the leadership contexts and mechanisms that the current form of leadership is based upon?

Can you ‘step back’ from the context and your assumptions and take an objective rather than a subjective (and often biased) stance on how you are viewing the current challenge?

Can you proactively listen to those who have something to say without prejudice or preconception?

Can you be perceived as legitimate in what you are trying to say or propose in terms of collaborative rather than competitive behaviour?

Do you empathise with what is said and apply your own understanding, experience and views within the context in which others view the challenges from their perspective?

Are you actively pursuing the alignment of capacity and capability building within the context of the collective vision and desired public value outcomes?

Are you proactively and coactively working towards an increased sense of trust with your clients and colleagues in what you are trying to jointly achieve?

Are you encouraging people to think out of the box through innovation but within an appropriate risk assessment framework in determining an intelligence-led approach?

What values are you promoting and ask yourself whether you are truly engaging in a process that is aiming to achieve a sense of shared values

Finally, is what you are trying to do ethically based in terms of integrity, openness, selflessness and does this underpin your leadership practice or consulting?