Appreciative-Leadership

Chapter 2
The Leadership Story: Thinking Differently about Leadership, Appreciative Organisation, Appreciative Leadership and Appreciative Inquiry
Appreciative Leadership through conversation and inquiry creates a thinking space
for leaders to engage with the organisation, its purpose and values through:
1. Identifying and engaging with existing leadership strengths and how these support engagement, innovation,
quality and person-centred service delivery
2. Exploring personal communication preferences and the impact on engagement, innovation, quality and
person-centred care, defining commitment to personal improvement
3. Informing performance objectives and the content and process of the Action Research Project and agree
these with Line Managers
4. Reviewing the impact of the Appreciative Leadership Programme and Action Research Project on engagement,
innovation, quality and person-centred care
The LCFT Appreciative Leadership programme includes the following methods of
delivery:
1. Sixty per cent self-study; 360 Degree Feedback, Action Research Projects agreed with Line Managers and
linked to operational objectives, reading, and reflection
2. Forty per cent programme attendance; 2 x 2 day Workshops (25 delegates), 3 x ½ day Leadership Learning
Sets (approx. 6-7 delegates) and a reflective World Café Event which feeds leadership strategy (up to 150
delegates), followed by 3 additional internally facilitated learning sets
3. Unlimited telephone and email support, including outside business hours for every delegate
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