1st Edition
The Reflective Difference The Heart of Wise Leadership
Preface
Introduction
Part 1. The Three Differences
Difference 1: Growing WATO (With-And-Through-Others)
Difference 2: Grounded Positivity
Difference 3: Reflective Momentum
Integrating the Three Foundations
Part 2. Reflective Difference Exercises for Self
Section 1: Your Current Reflective Habits
Section 2: Deep Dive into the Reflective Difference Foundations
Foundation 1: Growing WATO
Foundation 2: Grounded Positivity
Foundation 3: Reflective Momentum
Integrated Exercises
Part 3, Reflective Difference Exercises for Teams
Section 1: Making Reflection and Learning Visible Between Us
Section 2: Staying Reflective When Things Get Complex
Section 3: Turning Reflection into Action
Section 4: Integrative Exercises Spanning All Three Foundations
Part 4. Creating Reflective Organisations
Clarifying Your Start Point
Strategies for Embedding the Reflective Difference
Conclusions
Biography
Suzi Skinner is an author, researcher and global leadership advisor whose work challenges the myth of the heroic leader. Drawing on over 25 years’ experience, Suzi advances leadership as a collective practice - experienced with-and-through-others (WATO). At its core is shared sense-making, reflective capacity and collective effectiveness. Her work integrates research and practice to fundamentally reframe how leadership operates in complex organisational systems.
Paul Lawrence enjoyed a long corporate career, leading teams and businesses in the UK, Spain, Portugal, Australia, and Japan. Paul has been working as a coach and consultant since 2007, based in Sydney, Australia, and is a research associate at Oxford Brookes University in the UK.
