At RCLA, we are committed to broadly sharing the results and conclusions of our research into leadership practice and theory with public service leaders, other researchers, students, and people in the leadership development arena.
RCLA Practice Notes offer practical guidance about sound leadership practices by drawing on leaders' experiences using various techniques, tools and approaches in dealing with critical social issues.
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This Practice Note shows how to facilitate a collegial discussion that begins with experts talking in an "inner circle" that all participants are then encouraged to join.
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This Practice Note explains how to prepare and facilitate session in which leaders can exchange knowledge and resources with peers in under 90 minutes.
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This Practice Note helps conference facilitators foster rich, in-depth small group discussions from which larger coherent themes can emerge for the entire group.
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This Practice Note shows how to use Graffiti Wall, Visual Explorer and Murals or Tapestries to facilitate difficult conversations, build connections among diverse groups and help leaders bring clarity to an issue or problem-solve.
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This Practice Note shows conference organizers how to invite participants to create their own agenda for work sessions to explore issues that matter to them most.
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This Practice Note shows how to balance getting valuable input as part of developing tools for practice with creating an environment in which participants can learn and reflect.
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This Practice Note explains how to facilitate storytelling as a powerful tool for bringing people together to build relationships, identify common threads or points of connection and generate insight from personal and professional experience.
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This Practice Note discusses how to facilitate opportunities for valuable peer-to-peer learning and to address the challenge of applying the learning "back home" in participants' own organizations.
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