Inclusive leadership, collective decision-making, and anti-oppressive facilitation are essential skills for driving innovation, inclusivity, and anti-racist action within the archival field. This introductory session will introduce attendees to the foundations of collective leadership through defining it as a practice; sharing strategies to foster collective leadership, including facilitation, trauma-informed practices, developing a shared vision and values, making decisions together, resolving conflict, and discussing change management; and providing time for attendees to reflect.

Upon completion of this course, attendees will:

• Be able to recognize hierarchical vs. collective leadership models and understand the strengths and weaknesses of both models.
• Identify a variety of techniques that can be applied in group collaboration settings to reduce hierarchical dynamics and increase trust and open communication.