The Promoting Learning & Teaching Communities: Institutional Leadership Project

This project was managed by the Centre for Educational Development and Academic Methods and funded by the Carrick Institute for Learning and Teaching in Higher Education.

The project used a group rather than a one-on-one approach to build skills and networks so that staff could problem-solve, plan and work towards their shared goals related to teaching and learning. Such groups were resourced as communities of practice with the intent of fostering shared, collegial leadership capability across the Australian National University.

‘If you want to be a leader, you have to be a real human being. You must recognise the true meaning of life before you can become a great leader. You must understand yourself first. (Master Nam.).'

Quoted in Presence, (pg 180), Otto Scharmer et al