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Distilling principles: the role of guided reflection in developing leaders’ awareness of their principles

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Distilling principles: the role of guided reflection in developing leaders’ awareness of their principles. / Saunders, Chris.
2023. Paper presented at 13th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, Henley on Thames, United Kingdom.

Research output: Contribution to conference - Without ISBN/ISSN › Conference paper › peer-review

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Saunders, C 2023, 'Distilling principles: the role of guided reflection in developing leaders’ awareness of their principles', Paper presented at 13th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, Henley on Thames, United Kingdom, 11/07/23 - 12/07/23.

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Saunders, C. (2023). Distilling principles: the role of guided reflection in developing leaders’ awareness of their principles. Paper presented at 13th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, Henley on Thames, United Kingdom.

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Saunders C. Distilling principles: the role of guided reflection in developing leaders’ awareness of their principles. 2023. Paper presented at 13th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, Henley on Thames, United Kingdom.

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Saunders, Chris. / Distilling principles : the role of guided reflection in developing leaders’ awareness of their principles. Paper presented at 13th Developing Leadership Capacity Conference, Henley on Thames, United Kingdom.5 p.

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abstract = "Leaders have to make decisions in uncertain environments in which it is sometimes hard to know what to do (Schedlitzki et al, 2015; Nonaka at al, 2014). In these environments leaders must address “wicked problems” that they may not have seen before (Grint, 2005) which require refined judgement and {\textquoteleft}good{\textquoteright} decision-making.To lead in this environment individuals and teams may use “guiding principles” to facilitate rapid decision making (Oliver and Roos, 2005; Oliver and Jacobs, 2007). There is plenty of business leader literature to support the use of guiding principles (e.g. Ferguson, 2016; Giuliani, 2003). This literature implies that defining a set of guiding principles aids effective decision-making.Taking this evidence seriously (Guthey et al, 2022), this paper introduces my PhD research aimed at exploring how guiding principles are distilled and developed using a leadership development intervention – a guided reflection on practice undertaken by international middle managers during an MBA programme.",
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