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The 5C Leadership Framework
A developmental architecture for regenerative leadership
Leadership for a world in transition
The 5C Leadership Framework offers a developmental architecture for leadership learning and practice in conditions of complexity, uncertainty and transition. It brings together five interrelated dimensions — Conscious, Critical, Companionate, Collective and Catalytic — supported by curiosity, artfulness and the connective space of the Interstitium.
The five dimensions
Conscious
Leading from being
Critical
Thinking in systems, seeing through assumptions
Companionate
Leading with presence, reverence and relational depth
Collective
Leading through shared agency and collective intelligence
Catalytic
Acting for change
Foundational conditions
Curiosity
The developmental driver
Artfulness
An integrative way of knowing
The Interstitium
The connective space where the five dimensions meet.
The white paper
The white paper sets out the conceptual foundations, developmental logic and theoretical positioning of the 5C Leadership Framework. It also explains how the framework can be used and further developed through practice, dialogue and research.
Using the framework
The 5C Framework is an integrative architecture for leadership learning and practice, connecting dimensions of development that are often addressed separately across different contexts and forms of practice.
Leadership education and development
Coaching, mentoring and reflective practice
Teams and organisations
About the author
Gerasimos Kouvaras, PhD, is an executive leader, educator and practitioner–scholar with nearly 30 years of experience across civil society, organisational development and leadership learning. His work brings together practice, research, inner development and regenerative leadership.
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