Generative Leadership

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christine Joy Edwards-Groves ◽  
Karin Rönnerman
Keyword(s):  
Generative Leadership

scholarly journals Developing Teams in a Virtual Environment: A Generative Approach

2021 ◽  
pp. 002188632110538
Author(s):  
Ignacio Pavez ◽  
Ernesto Neves
Keyword(s):  
Virtual Environments ◽  
Virtual Environment ◽  
Development Process ◽  
Team Development ◽  
Remote Work ◽  
Face To Face ◽  
Organic Growth ◽  
Generative Leadership ◽  
Generative Approach ◽  
Powerful Strategy

At the beginning of 2020, the operations of the Finance Hub of the Americas (FHoA) at pharmaceutical company GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) were suddenly forced to shift entirely from face-to-face to remote work. To handle this challenge, an FHoA team started a team development process aimed at strengthening teamwork in virtual environments. The intervention was grounded in the principles of generative leadership and dialogic organization development. Through a scholar-practitioner collaboration that focused on identifying the drivers of the successful transition to remote work, we build a three-step process of team development using the metaphor of organic growth: (1) sowing, (2) nurturing, and (3) flourishing. Using GSK's example, we illustrate how this process became a simple but powerful strategy to help teams thrive in a virtual environment. The core of the process uses generative questions to configure a structured but adaptable process that can be easily implemented in different contexts and situations.

scholarly journals Leadership Ideas Shaped by Digital Insights in Higher Education

2020 ◽  
Vol 9 (4) ◽  
pp. 75-84 ◽  
Author(s):  
Yu. M. Gruzina ◽  
M. V. Mel’nichuk ◽  
M. A. Belogash
Keyword(s):  
Information Technologies ◽  
Educational Leaders ◽  
Educational Environment ◽  
Social Progress ◽  
Practical Significance ◽  
Systems Science ◽  
Leadership Models ◽  
Generative Leadership ◽  
The Government ◽  
Complex Systems Science

The paper deals with the problem of exploiting the potential of digitalization at scale by organizations in the age of information technologies and advanced analytics of data. Being at the forefront of social progress, universities inspire managers, training staff and students to reset their working, thinking and leading initiatives and embrace digital transformation of the educational environment. The study aims to research the modern thought on transformational leadership befitting universities’ distinguished title of growth engines. The methodological framework comprises modern sociological, psychological, management and complex systems science theories of leadership. The paper analyzes organizational leadership models, explains their weak and strong points, formulates the terms of realizing the leadership phenomenon in the context of digitalization, studies the Financial University under the Government of the Russian Federation’s experience in introducing the elements of the ‘digital university’ model. The findings support the idea that generative leadership is attainable through inter-layer and inter-cluster interaction of all educational environment members. The paper suggests a mechanism of transforming hierarchical models into generative leadership models. The theoretic and practical significance is the validation of interconditionality of digitalization and a leadership ecosystem as a variety of communications, complexity of interrelations and integrity of functioning of educational leaders.

The impact of generative school leadership on student performance: The case of Saudi Arabia

2020 ◽  
pp. 089202062096311
Author(s):  
Abdullah Alghulayqah
Keyword(s):  
Saudi Arabia ◽  
School Leadership ◽  
Student Performance ◽  
High School Principals ◽  
School Principals ◽  
Strong Impact ◽  
Practitioner Training ◽  
Generative Leadership ◽  
High Degree ◽  
The Impact

The primary aim of this study is to facilitate interactions among the generative school leadership of high school principals in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, to take responsibility for student performance. Existing research suggests that generative leadership is based on the principles of inclusiveness, employee creativity, knowledge transfer and delegation. The sample is based from nine principals from large high schools. To investigate this issue, this qualitative study assesses and analyses interviews and comments from participants. The findings show the high degree of centralisation and traditionalism of the Saudi Arabian educational sector, affecting creativity and inclusiveness, have a strong impact on student performance. The author recommends implementing teacher practitioner training to implement open-ended tasks teaching practices.

Generative Leadership

2009 ◽  
Vol 15 (4) ◽  
pp. 172-177 ◽  
Author(s):  
Joanne Disch
Keyword(s):  
Generative Leadership

Generative leadership

1988 ◽  
Vol 1988 (44) ◽  
pp. 13-26 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mary Ann Danowitz Sagaria ◽  
Linda K. Johnsrud
Keyword(s):  
Generative Leadership

scholarly journals Leaders in Limbo: The Role of Collaborative Inquiry Influencing School Leaders’ Levels of Efficacy

2021 ◽  
Vol 22 (1) ◽  
pp. 27-44
Author(s):  
Pamela Adams ◽  
Dana Braunberger ◽  
Sarah Hamilton ◽  
Bonnie Caldwell
Keyword(s):  
Professional Learning ◽  
Collaborative Inquiry ◽  
School Leaders ◽  
School Leader ◽  
Leadership Model ◽  
Sense Of Efficacy ◽  
Generative Leadership ◽  
Insight Into

Using collaborative inquiry as a methodology for investigation, this study examined the implementation of a model of generative leadership (Adams et al., 2019) to explore the question: In what ways can implementation of a generative leadership model of professional learning for school leaders influence their sense of efficacy? An adapted model of generative leadership was adopted by seven school leaders in Alberta, Canada over a period of three years. Data was collected at the end of each year through journal reflections (Bashan & Holsblat, 2017) to ascertain school leaders’ levels of efficacy. Findings revealed four themes that identified how a generative leadership model influenced participants’ effectiveness in their roles. These findings offer insight into how models of school leader professional learning might be re-imagined in order to positively influence their sense of efficacy. 

Catalyzing capacity: absorptive, adaptive, and generative leadership

2019 ◽  
Vol 32 (3) ◽  
pp. 356-376 ◽  
Author(s):  
Elizabeth A. Castillo ◽  
Mai P. Trinh
Keyword(s):  
Organizational Leadership ◽  
Complex Adaptive Systems ◽  
Adaptive Systems ◽  
Leadership Strategies ◽  
Content Type ◽  
Abductive Logic ◽  
Requisite Variety ◽  
Complex Adaptive ◽  
Generative Leadership ◽  
Scholarly Contribution

Purpose Organizations increasingly operate under volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) conditions. Traditional command-and-control leadership can be ineffective in such chaotic environments. The purpose of this paper is to outline an alternative model to help leaders and organizations navigate effectively through VUCA environments. By developing three fundamental capacities (absorptive, adaptive and generative), leaders can cultivate organizations capable of continuous synchronization with their fitness landscapes. Central tenets of the framework include diversity, slack, learning, humility, reflection in action and abductive logic. Design/methodology/approach This framework is designed based on literature insights, conceptual analysis and experts’ judgment. The paper integrates knowledge from a variety of disciplines and interprets them through the lens of complex adaptive systems. Findings This paper argues for a process centered, contemplative approach to organizational leadership and development. By providing the underlying rationale for the proposed interventions (e.g. Ashby’s law of requisite variety), the paper also reorients busy leaders’ mental models to show why these time investments are worth implementing. Practical implications This actionable framework can help leaders and organizations be more effective operating in a VUCA context. Originality/value This paper provides a historic context as to why prediction and certainty are favored leadership strategies, why these approaches are no longer suitable and specific steps leaders can take to develop absorptive, adaptive and generative capacities to transform their organizations. Its scholarly contribution is the synthesis of disparate bodies of literature, weaving those multiple academic perspectives into a practical roadmap to enhance organizational leadership.

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