Statement of Intent

To strengthen the emerging new understanding of leadership and of ways to mainstream the associated core competencies. The old form of leader as expert is proving unsustainable - the broad scope of focus, the fast pace of change and the speed at which new knowledge is being generated and accessed make it difficult for any one individual to be effective. More important, current generations are demanding their voices be heard and incorporated in the decisions that directly affect their lives. This includes exploring the innovative and practical ways of helping shape local leadership.

Our exploration of this stream will seek to accomplish:

• Recognition of the fullness of the title of leadership and core competencies
• Expansion of the current, dominant  authoritarian perception of leadership to include alternative models
• Cross-fertilization of leadership approaches
• Collaboration on design of ways to mainstream programs associated with core competencies

Resources/Collaborators: 

All will be engaged in on-line discussions but not necessarily present at the conference

1. Nepal Banker’s Academy
2. Centre for Creative Leadership, Singapore. I believe Robert Greenleaf’s Servant Leadership is involved with this centre
3. Technology of Participation – Facilitative Leadership
4. Dr. Jean Houston on Social Artistry Leadership
5. Courage to Lead – ICA Canada’s work on Leadership Awareness
6.  Richard David Hames – author of The Five Literacies of Global Leadership, Director of Asian Foresight Institute
7. Emotional Leadership/Primal Leadership as used in Nepal ICA HIV-AIDS work
8. Indigenous Wisdom
9. Rob Work’s work in this area
10. Spiral Dynamics
11.  Appreciative Inquiry
12. Leadership across Cultures

Engagement Modes

Option: Leadership skill building by participation in one of pre-conference workshops on Leadership Development:  Technology of Participation or Social Artistry Leadership in the Changing Context

1. Paper and poster presentations
2. Dialogue on core competencies
3. Storytelling on experiences with developing leaders
4. Design conversation on ways of mainstreaming leadership approaches Leadership model(s) building

Prior to the conference we want to have on-line dialogue to pull together and share various approaches to leadership development.  At the conference we will share this material and identify the core competencies for leadership development and enhancement. 

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Theme Coordinators:
Janet Sanders
janetasanders@hotmail.com
Madan Raj Bista
mrbistaji@yahoo.com

See the conference website for further details at:  www.humandevelopmentconference.com