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When working with others, efforts sometimes turn out to be less than the sum of the parts. Too often, not enough attention is paid to facilitating effective collaborative practices.
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Improving Sector and Thematic Reporting
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Communities of practice have become an accepted part
of organizational development. Learning organizations build
and leverage them with effect. To reach their potential, much as other bodies, they stand to gain from healthy reporting. Quality of information and its proper presentation enable
stakeholders to make sound and reasonable assessments of
performance, and take appropriate action. (No. 67 | November 2009)
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Distributing Leadership
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The prevailing view of leadership is that it is concentrated or focused. In organizations, this
makes it an input to business processes and performance--dependent on the attributes, behaviors, experience,
knowledge, skills, and potential of the individuals chosen
to impact these. The theory of distributed leadership thinks it best considered as an outcome. Leadership
is defined by what one does, not who one is. Leadership
at all levels matters and must be drawn from, not just be
added to, individuals and groups in organizations. (No. 64 | October 2009)
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Exercising Servant Leadership
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Servant leadership is now in the vocabulary of enlightened leadership. It is a practical, altruistic philosophy that supports people who choose to serve first, and then lead, as a way of expanding service to individuals and organizations. The sense of civil community that it advocates and engenders can facilitate and smooth successful and principled change. (No. 63 | September 2009)
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Learning in Strategic Alliances
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Strategic alliances that bring organizations together
promise unique opportunities for partners. The reality
is often otherwise. Successful strategic alliances manage
the partnership, not just the agreement, for collaborative
advantage. Above all, they also pay attention to learning priorities in alliance evolution. (No. 62 | September 2009)
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Leading in the Workplace
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Theories of leadership are divided: some underscore the
primacy of personal qualities; others stress that systems
are all-important. Both interpretations are correct: a larger pool of leaders is desirable all the time
(and superleaders are necessary on occasion) but its
development must be part of systemic invigoration of
leadership in organizations. (No. 59 | August 2009)
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