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Social Leadership: Structural and Social Authority

Posted on April 11, 2018 by julianstodd

Social Leadership is not simply another type of power that exists within a formal system: it’s a reputation led authority that exists outside the system. Whilst an organisation can give you a role, a position within a structural hierarchy, only … Continue reading →

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Social Authority: Power Beyond the Throne

Posted on August 27, 2014 by julianstodd

Historically, we embedded many of the manifestations of hierarchical control into our physical environment: City Halls, castles, libraries, universities, walls, ditches, astronomies, senates. The layers of authority were both conceptual and physical: you could only enter the spaces of power … Continue reading →

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Linking formal and social authority in Social Leadership

Posted on April 3, 2014 by julianstodd

Social leaders operate across both formal and social spaces: this is what gives the model it’s authority, the fact that it recognises the evolving environment of work and the convergence of these two spaces. I was talking to a few … Continue reading →

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Authority in Social Leadership: a first draft

Posted on March 5, 2014 by julianstodd

The NET Model of Social Leadership defines a style of leadership suitable for the Social Age. It consists of three Dimensions: Narrative (which covers ‘Curation’, ‘Storytelling’ and ‘Sharing’), Engagement (which looks at ‘Community’, ‘Reputation’ and ‘Authority’), and Technology (which explores … Continue reading →

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Denied: outdated models of authority and control in the Social Age

Posted on August 12, 2013 by julianstodd

I’ve spent the weekend in New York, walking through the city, feeling the history but also the change. Even since i was last here a year ago, so much has changed, evolved. Somehow it works, it’s constantly dynamic, a city … Continue reading →

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Growing your social learning strategy: 11 key questions on authority and expertise

Posted on June 26, 2013 by julianstodd

Knowledge management is a tricky thing. Expertise and authority may exist, but you can’t find it. In social learning, we want to engage with these experts, we need to build emergent communities with the power to make a difference, the … Continue reading →

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Authority: the changing nature of authority in social learning

Posted on May 2, 2013 by julianstodd

I need to get the clutch fixed on Herman, my 1964 Land Rover. If i was in any way competent, it probably wouldn’t be a huge job, but my level of mechanical ability stops somewhere after changing a tyre or, … Continue reading →

Posted in Age, Agile, Authority, Brand, Community, Connections, Control, Culture, Effectiveness, Experience, Hierarchy, Knowledge, Leadership, Learning, Management, Meaning, Mentoring, Personal Learning Network, Social Learning, Tone of Voice | Tagged , , , , , , | 32 Comments

Leadership and our Social Context

Posted on May 2, 2024 by julianstodd

Writing is thinking. I use my writing to expand and explore the central themes of my work, as part of a methodology of #WorkingOutLoud. Which is to say that i share my evolving ideas, not simply the ones that are … Continue reading →

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Exploring Social Leadership

Posted on January 23, 2024 by julianstodd

I wrote the ‘Social Leadership Handbook’ in 2014, and as i write that it seems crazy that it was so long ago. There were two ‘firsts’ in that 1st Edition: it was the first time i had attempted to pull … Continue reading →

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Social Learning: Diverse Stories

Posted on December 6, 2023 by julianstodd

This is the final week of a leadership programme i’ve been running, and it’s all about ‘Sense Making and Storytelling’. Under a Scaffolded Social Learning approach, there is a landscape to explore – a scaffolding of structure and provocation – … Continue reading →

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