Exploration for Development: Developing Leadership by Making Shared Sense of Complex Challenges

The complexities of the challenges faced by organizations call for new approaches to leadership development. In this article, the authors offer an approach called exploration for development (ED), consisting of three main aspects: navigating complex challenges, supporting competent shared sensemakin...

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Published in:Consulting psychology journal 2003, Vol.55 (1), p.26-40
Main Authors: Palus, Charles J, Horth, David M, Selvin, Albert M, Pulley, Mary Lynn
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Educational Programs
Human
Interpersonal Interaction
Leadership
Management Training
Meaning
Problem Solving
Professional Development
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Summary:The complexities of the challenges faced by organizations call for new approaches to leadership development. In this article, the authors offer an approach called exploration for development (ED), consisting of three main aspects: navigating complex challenges, supporting competent shared sensemaking, and practicing leadership based on relational principles. They examine the practical possibilities of artistry in the face of complexity, as focused on the making and remaking of shared meaning. Sensemaking competencies supportive of this practical artistry are identified as paying attention, personalizing, imaging, serious play, co-inquiry, and crafting. Examples showing tools and techniques are drawn from a series of leadership development programs at a telecommunications company. Impacts of the programs were assessed in context of a developmental curriculum that included feedback, mentoring, and coaching.
ISSN:1065-9293
1939-0149
DOI:10.1037/1061-4087.55.1.26