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Open Leadership Principles

Based on Mozilla's Volunteer Leadership 2018 - Shared Agreements

1. Informal, and formal leadership roles with influence on people and product should have cycles of review and renewal

We recognize that gatekeeping is a symptom of unchecked, and tenured leadership in open communities. We also recognize that good leaders become great leaders with opportunity to give and receive constructive feedback.

  • This creates opportunities for new, diverse leaders to emerge
  • Ensures continuous support from the communities they serve
  • Prevents toxic individuals from maintaining power indefinitely
  • Creates space for individuals to receive feedback and support to better thrive in their role

2. Responsibilities should be clearly communicated and distributed

By surfacing responsibilities of leadership we create a culture of openness and accountability - distributing that authority ensures diversity of perspective, experiences and opportunities for growth and influence.

  • Creates more opportunities for more people
  • Avoids gatekeeping and power accumulation
  • Reduces burnout and over reliance on an individual by sharing accountability
  • Creates leadership pathways for new people
  • Potentially increases diversity
  • An emphasis on responsibility over title avoids unnecessary “authority labels”

3. People in leadership roles should lead by example values in the Code of Conduct/Community Participation Guidelines

Leveraging community code of conduct, leadership demonstrates and models positive behaviors of inclusion.

  • Creates a culture of inclusion that invites participation from new voices
  • Encourages the inclusion of diverse voices and groups
  • Creates an environment where the CoC/CPG is understood & applied consistently
  • Enables leadership pathways that explicitly consider inclusion dimensions

4. People with leadership roles should be supported and recognized in a set of standard ways across the project

  • Enables people to have equal access to training and growth opportunities regardless of what part of the project they contribute to
  • Allows people to follow their passions/skills instead of just reward
  • Roles have clear definitions and avoid labels that create authority feeling.
  • We get shared understandings of the kinds of responsibilities that exist.