Narrative Leadership Development
Description
This book explores narratives' contribution to leadership development and how the development of narrative leadership provides leaders opportunities in an age of volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity.
Bringing together educators, researchers, coaches and practitioners, the book traverses the dark side of leadership storytelling, leadership storytelling for inclusiveness and innovative narrative practices. It introduces critical concepts such as narrative betrayal, narrative humility and narrative reflexivity, in order to examine storytelling not only as a source of inspiration and belonging, but also as a site of ethical tension, power, and responsibility. This book will deepen readers understanding of how and why storytelling is important in leader and leadership development contexts and gain practical tools and strategies for leadership development.
Ideal for leadership educators, facilitators, researchers, and organizational practitioners, this book provides essential tools and perspectives for developing leaders in today's complex world. More than a toolkit, it is an invitation to reflect more deeply on leadership itself.
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Andrew Rixon is a Senior Lecturer in Leadership at Griffith Business School with a PhD in Complexity Science. His work integrates leadership development, coaching, and narrative approaches to sensemaking in complex systems, with a particular focus on health systems leadership and leadership in emergency medicine.
Linmin Zhang is the founder of IncluSmart, and a seasoned leadership coach and facilitator who specializes in using storytelling to inspire and connect with leaders. As the Director of Professional Development at the International Association of Facilitators (IAF), she believes stories can enhance understanding and drive meaningful change within diverse teams.
Content
Introduction
Part 1 - Dark Side of Leadership Storytelling
Chapter 1 The Dark Side of Leadership Storytelling: Betraying Stakeholder Trust
Chapter 2 The Compassionate Gap
Chapter 3 The Dark Side of Storytelling in Leadership: When Narratives Fail
Chapter 4 Would I lie to you, honey? Now, would I say something that wasn't true. Telling Metaphors
Chapter 5 Resisting the dark side of leadership: Reflexive storytelling practices in leadership development
Chapter 6 Narrative: Unveiling Brave Spaces for Leadership Development
Chapter 7 Leadership Roles in The Story Telling Organisation: Moving between The Narratives We Have and The Stories We Tell
Part 2 - Leadership Storytelling for Inclusiveness
Chapter 8 Who You Are Is How You Lead: Narrative Identity and Narrative Leadership
Chapter 9 How Narrative Practices Transform Leadership Culture in an Organization
Chapter 10 Pedagogical Design for Leadership: Integrating Storytelling in Engineering Education
Chapter 11 Understanding how undergraduate students construct their careers as ethical leaders and managers
Chapter 12 Evidencing inclusivity and diversity in leadership practices through narrative storytelling aligned with the Professional Standards Framework
Chapter 13 The Pursuit of Cultural Humility in Leadership Development
Chapter 14 Cultivating Belonging Through Story: A Foundation for Narrative Leadership Development
Part 3 - Innovative Narrative Practices
Chapter 15 Reading well, on and off the page: narratology and leader development
Chapter 16 Sense making and Sense Giving in Educational Leadership Stories
Chapter 17 The Provenance of Leadership and Leadership Development
Chapter 18 I Don't Know Where We Are Going, But That's Okay: Examining Narrative Leadership Development in Light of Complex Problem-Solving
Chapter 19 Leadership narratives of self through storying high velocity events: Implications for theory and practice
Chapter 20 The role of Stories in Helping Leaders Learn about Leading and Leadership in a Complex World
Chapter 21 Working with intrapersonal conflict narratives as a tool to develop a strong leadership identity
Chapter 22 Narrative Self-Coaching: Creating and Mobilising Intrapersonal Identity Workspaces