Enhancing My Leadership Skills to Support a More Connected Organization

This action-oriented thesis explored the question: “How might I enhance my leadership to support a more interconnected and collaborative organization?” My inquiry followed the practice of first-person action research as my overall methodology. I relied on the methods of humble inquiry and appreciative inquiry and utilized daily reflexive journaling for 4 weeks as my primary data source, with input from a subject matter expert and two feedback participants: an internal colleague and an external colleague. This study found the importance of mindful leadership practices that centred on transparency, self-awareness, values, and responsiveness to feedback, which were vital in cultivating cohesive and effective organizational cultures. As a result of this self-inquiry on my leadership, I have developed four recommendations to guide myself as a leader and those looking to advance their leadership to support a more interconnected organization: (a) enhance organizational transparency, (b) cultivate self-awareness and empathy among leaders, (c) embed values-based leadership, and (d) foster continuous learning and responsive feedback culture. Keywords: first-person action research, leadership, mindful, transparency, self-awareness, values, learning, responsive, connection, collaboration.

Author dc:creator

• Petrie, Cynthia

Advisor dc:contributor.advisor

• MacGillivray, Alice

• School of leadership studies

Language dc:language.iso

en_US

Identifier URI

https://doi.org/10.25316/IR-20434

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:null:10613/28870