Blog
HL Gathering 2024: Hosting a Garden Party
Leah Davcheva has published a new blog based on a wonderful session from the Host Leadership Gathering 2024 in Sofia. Hosting a Garden Party is about...
New blog: Host Leadership Works! We’ll do more of it
Host Leadership Gathering 2024 organiser Leah Davcheva has published a reflection on the event and the wonderful work she has been doing with introducing teachers in...
Host Leadership Gathering 2024 – looking back
Host Leadership Gathering organiser Leah Davcheva has started a series of blogs looking back at the meeting and the exchanges which happened in Sofia, Bulgaria in...
Host Leadership, Gatekeeping and the salt shaker
Leah Davcheva has written a new blog about Host Leadership, Gatekereping and the salt shaker. It’s excellent and well worth a read. It’s the job of...
The mega-importance of micro-interactions – in Host Leadership and elsewhere
I’ve just published two posts on Steps To A Humanity Of Organisation about the mega-importance of micro-interactions. Part 1 deals with micro-aggressions and how seemingly small...
News
UPDATE: Host Leadership course on Udemy is available again
UPDATE: The online Host Leadership course is once again available on the Udemy platform! If you’d like to explore host leadership with author Mark McKergow it’s...
Host Leadership Roles Revisited
Host Leadership Gathering host Leah Davcheva’s second blog following the event offers her summary of Mark McKergow’s keynote on ‘Host Leadership Roles Revisited’. Some ten years...
The Host Leadership Gathering 2024 will be in Sofia, Bulgaria on 3-4 June
The 2024 Gathering in Sofia is dedicated to producing benefits for all the participants and their teams / organisations. We want to continue building productive relationships among experienced Host...
Hospitality Leadership in Hebron schools – new research
A new research paper shows how Host Leadership is having an impact around the world. The paper is Hospitality Leadership Indicators among Public School Principals in...
NEW Lead as a connector, not a constrainer
Mark McKergow has a new article out in Developing Leaders Quarterly. Lead as a connector, not a constrainer is a new piece on how connecting people...
Positions
Host Leadership Hint #9: Take time In The Kitchen
When we go into organisations and groups to help them learn about Host Leadership, we talk about our four positions for a host leader. These first...
Roles
Host Leadership Hint #10: Choosing – and using – your boundaries makes ‘difficult’ decisions easier
There has been a lot in the British news recently about Nadim Zahawi, a cabinet minister who was sacked by prime minister Rishi Sunak at the...
Host Leadership Hint #8: Using ‘Convening Power’
Here in the UK we have just had a set of city mayor elections. This is quite a new thing for us; these ‘metro-mayors’ are directly...
Host Leadership Hint #6: The power of a positive No
As a host leader, we look to be clear about boundaries, what is appropriate in this particular space and what is not. Occasionally, even with the...
Host Leadership Hint #4: Listen out! What is your organisation calling for?
One of the six roles of Host Leadership is the Initiator – the person who starts thing off, notices a priority and brings it into focus. ...
Host Leadership Hint #3: Connect with people at the threshold – even in online meetings
As a host leader, we seek to meet people at the threshold. There is a key moment as people arrive when we want to be in...
Take The Hint
Host Leadership Hint #9: Take time In The Kitchen
When we go into organisations and groups to help them learn about Host Leadership, we talk about our four positions for a host leader. These first...
Host Leadership Hint #8: Using ‘Convening Power’
Here in the UK we have just had a set of city mayor elections. This is quite a new thing for us; these ‘metro-mayors’ are directly...
Host Leadership Hint #7: Step back to move forwards
Everyone knows that leading is about stepping forward, right? Leaders are visible, go first and attract attention. Well, that’s right some of the time. And some...
Host Leadership Hint #6: The power of a positive No
As a host leader, we look to be clear about boundaries, what is appropriate in this particular space and what is not. Occasionally, even with the...
Host Leadership Hint #5: Step into, and out of, the six roles
Our next Host Leadership Hint comes from Leah Davcheva, a member of the Host Leadership Stewards group who has been using hosting ideas in her work...