What is leadership as a practice? How can you define the leadership practices in your organisation? How can day-to-day leadership practices be bundled? How do approaches to leadership differ with higher levels of role delineation?

In this episode, you'll hear from Carol Jacklin-Jarvis, a Senior Lecturer and former director of the Open University’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership. You are welcome to reach out to Carol about her work on carol.jacklin-jarvis@open.ac.uk

You can find out more about your host, Zac Parsons, on LinkedIn: ⁠https://www.linkedin.com/in/zwparsons/

This conversation was based on a paper published by Carol Jacklin-Jarvis and James Rees called Fun, lifelong relationships, and a safer community: Understanding collective leadership practice in a grassroots association. It is available here: http://oro.open.ac.uk/78673/3/78673.pdf

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Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership: https://www.open.ac.uk/centres/voluntary-sector-leadership/

CVSL's portal on OpenLearn: https://www.open.edu/openlearn/education-development/free-leadership-courses-the-voluntary-sector

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Make a list of what you think the leadership practices are in your organisation. Discuss your list with a colleague. Do they agree? What would they add? What would they remove? Do any clear bundles of leadership emerge?

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(0:00) Intro

(0:37) What is meant by leadership as a practice?

(1:40) How does leadership as a practice differ from other leadership models?

(4:32) Creating bundles of leadership practices

(8:27) Can leadership as a practice be applied in organisations with stricter role delineation?

(14:09) How to define bundles of leadership practice in your organisation

(20:31) Do leadership practices change over time?

(24:49) How to effectively use management tools

(26:50) Free resources from the Open University’s Centre for Voluntary Sector Leadership

(27:53) Looking at leadership through a different lens

(29:19) Find out more about Carol

(30:04) Outro