This is the video of the Host Leadership introductory course I delivered on May 13th, 2020

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The Leader as a Host:
An Useful Metaphor for a Complex
World
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Pierluigi Pugliese
A Mini-Course

2. Agenda
•A Metaphor
•Heroes, Servant and
post-heroic leadership styles
•Host Leadership: the idea
•Stepping forward and back
•Roles of Engagement
•Something to try…
•Learning more
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3. Leadership as a Metaphor
•We say the leader is like a general/parent/
explorer/…
•What about you as a leader:
•As a leader I am like…
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4. Leadership as a Metaphor
•We say the leader is like a general/parent/
explorer/…
•What about you as a leader:
•As a leader I am like [X]
•If you are a leader like [X],
what are the people
you work with? 4

5. Leadership Metaphors
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Leader
as Hero
Leader as
Servant
R. Greenleaf, 1972

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Enter Host Leadership!

7. A Better Metaphor…
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8. Host Leadership: a better Metaphor
•“The Host is above and below the guests”
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9. An Old Metaphor
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Ghostli
Host
Guest Gast
Gastgeber
Ospite
Ospite
Hotel
Hospital

10. Step Forward, Step Back
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Contextuality
in Leadership

11. Stepping forward and back
• What does it mean for you?
• Give some examples…
• When you choose the right approach…
• …and the wrong one
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Remember:
Stepping back = Leaving space!

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Host Leadership:
☞ Six Roles

13. 1. Initiator
Calling to action

14. 2. Inviter

15. Invitation are a “Soft Power”!
• Three aspects of an invitation
• Outline ➔ the What
• Why do I want/need you?
• You can also reject it - really!
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16. 3. Space Creator
Create the Spaces
AND
be active in them

17. Spaces
• There are several types of spaces:
• Physical
• Interactional
• Headspace
• What are the things to consider?
• What could you make use of?
• What are your constrains?
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18. Spaces
• There are several types of spaces:
• Physical
• Interactional
• Headspace
• What are the things to consider?
• What could you make use of?
• What are your constrains?
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19. 4. Gatekeeper Defend boundaries
AND
Allow participation

20. 5. Connector

21. 6. Co-Participator
Providing for AND Joining in

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Host Leadership:
☞ Four Positions

23. A. In the Spotlight

24. B.With the Guests

25. C. In the Gallery

26. D. In the kitchen

27. A better metaphor
•Discuss why
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28. Host Leadership: a better Metaphor
•Describes Structure of behaviour, not
Behaviour
•Easily understood in business context
•Easily adapted
•Allow authenticity!
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29. You as a Host Leader
•Discuss: one idea from this course that you
can use tomorrow
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30. For more info: Mark @ TED
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hG23v5VzB-0

31. For more info…

32. 32https://www.infoq.com/articles/host-leadership-agile

33. 33https://www.infoq.com/articles/book-review-host-leadership-field-book/

34. For more info: http://hostleadership.com
Hints, Meetups,
Events…

35. Questions?
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http://blog.connexxo.com
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