Host Leadership Gathering 2024 in Sofia

We warmly invite you to our 2024 Host Leadership Gathering on 3-4 June 2024 in Sofia, Bulgaria.

Whether you are a seasoned Host Leadership practitioner hoping to move forward or you have only just become aware of the benefits of this new look at leadership and want to know how to engage people in meaningful initiatives, you are welcome to participate and contribute.

UNDERSTANDING HOST LEADERSHIP
Hosting is at the centre of humanity. It is an intense human drive to give and receive hospitality. Awareness of the value of opening doors and connecting with people goes a long way to building relationships in teams, organisations, communities and movements.

At the core of Host Leadership is the exploration of the metaphor of host as leader, and leader as host. The idea is both practical and transformational. It is practical because the use of its framework of two steps, four positions, six roles help build engagement and bring out people’s best work. And it is transformational because, by thinking about the leader as a host, we are ready to act in a world of awareness and flexibility.

Host Leading is about building engagement and relationships between the leader and others. It is about drawing people in to tackle complex problems, combine their energies and create new futures. There are three basic questions for a Host Leader to examine at any one moment and / or situation and notice possibilities for action in a desired direction.

Am I going to step forward or step back (next)?
In which role (what am I going to do?)
And in which position? (where am I going to do it?)

WHAT WILL HAPPEN AT THE GATHERING

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 Leadership practitioners, sharpen our thinking and generate practical ideas.