CORE CAPACITIES OF COMPASSIONATE SYSTEMS LEADERSHIP (CSL)

The CSL approach comprises an integrated framework for the development of capabilities and knowledge that strengthen the capacity of individuals and collectives to effectively progress systems change initiatives. CSL builds skills and practices in three interconnected domains: personal mastery, reflective or generative interactions and systems thinking. CSL draws on practices that are effective in building individual insight and well-being and extends them to include the strengthening of interpersonal relationships while deepening the understanding of how the whole system contributes to outcomes. 

 This page links you to our complete repository of the tools and skills used in our CSL approach. We are always adding to these and adapting our approach based on experience so check back regularly. And please let us know if you have found additional resource links that we can include: we want to build this as a Resource collectively so that it is inspired by the work of all those connected to CSL.

Each tool has been placed in one of these domains to reflect the primary purpose of each tool or skill development area. However, in practice, when we are applying these tools and skills in a CSL approach in a School District or Early Learning Community, the tools and skills build on and interconnect with each other: they are not discreet but rather part of an integrated package that grounds a CSL approach.

The Resources are generally presented in three primary domains. All of these resources are non-proprietorial. They have been gathered from a number of bodies of work to create a collection of tools and techniques that can be used in the CSL approach.