Bernhard Schieber

Leading from Behind in Dialogue

Knowledge

Leading from behind supports a group’s inquiry without directing its conclusions. The facilitator highlights obstacles while helping participants become less dependent on guidance. Continuing reliance on one interpreter invites examination of authority, rather than automatically proving that the dialogue has failed.

What these mean

Editorial orientation · Entry type

Related entry

Related entries name an idea, effect or practice that belongs to a model or tool of the series. They are not models or tools themselves and are not counted as such; each one leads to the model or tool it comes from, and to its Executive Insight Brief.

Editorial orientation · Category

Intervention Methods & Practices

Organizes actions intended to facilitate, plan, train, negotiate, coordinate or change a situation. It connects a practical purpose with a way of working, whose conditions and consequences must be examined.

Executive Insight BriefBohm Dialogue: Expose Collective Assumptions Before They Become DecisionsRead the brief →

Related entries

Browse Knowledge →