{"id":1917,"date":"2015-09-26T03:00:09","date_gmt":"2015-09-26T03:00:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.theworldcafe.com\/?p=1917"},"modified":"2015-09-20T23:16:02","modified_gmt":"2015-09-20T23:16:02","slug":"world-cafe-and-leadership-development","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/theworldcafe.com\/world-cafe-and-leadership-development\/","title":{"rendered":"World Caf\u00e9 and Leadership Development"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Adriano\"<\/a>When I prepared to teach leadership, I faced a pedagogical bind: I needed to determine which learning tasks will get across the material effectively to other adults-who are not necessarily less “leaderful” than me – and what content to select.<\/p>\n

I knew what I didn’t want to do: that was teach leadership “in the third person,” through mere descriptions and explanations or five-step slides. And I struggled with how to create a space for my students where leadership was lived in the first person rather than studied like a theoretical concept…<\/p>\n

Then the light bulb went on.<\/p>\n

I am a passionate World Caf\u00e9 host and from its practice I learned the art and value of hosting conversations that matter.
\nSo when asked to design a leadership course, I decided that, rather than teaching or preaching, I would rely on evoking, naming, reminding, recognizing, questioning, acknowledging, and affirming.<\/p>\n

I stopped asking “how can I teach?” and instead started asking “what if leadership is already in the room, and my work is to give it the space and freedom to manifest itself?\u201d<\/p>\n

Thank you World Caf\u00e9 for 20 years of collective leadership impact.<\/p>\n

Adriano Pianesi<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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