Transcript NASDSE Business Plan - American Council For School Social Work

LEADERSHIP:
A 360 APPROACH
JOANNE CASHMAN, ED. D.
[email protected]
703-519-1501
ACSSW CONFERENCE
January 27, 2015
Think about It…
• Do you have a ‘sticky’ trait?
• What one skill or trait has persisted across the
years to help you achieve what you have
achieved?
As people we know the ‘human side’
is important to gaining our support and
sustaining it.
Does that understanding carry over to
our role as leaders?
Not all leaders have titles.
Leading … and Leading by Convening
• Many want to be more inclusive in their leadership
style
o There are specific behaviors that advance or are
constrain engagement
o We can learn to be aware of and change those
behaviors
o Engagement is a habit that can be cultivated!
• Leading by Convening: A Blueprint for Authentic
Engagement is designed to convey the lessons
learned over 15 years
Convening as a ‘New Discipline’
Convening is:
o More than a meeting
o More than facilitation
o The beginning of a relationship focused on
practice change
Persistent Challenges
• Technical Challenge
Requires information, knowledge or tools
• Adaptive (Relationship) Challenges
Requires understanding and a willingness to make
behavior changes
Source: Heifetz and Linsky, Leadership on the Line, 2002
The Leadership Challenge
 Learning that technical solutions are
necessary but often not sufficient
 Knowing when a persistent problem needs a
adaptive (relationship) solution
 Building adaptive (relationship) skills as a part
of strategy
Leading by Convening:
Framework for Authentic Engagement
The Partnership Way
Leading by Convening
Habits of Interaction
Coalescing around Ensuring Relevant Doing the Work
Issues
Participation
Together
Elements of Interaction
Adaptive
Technical
Operational
Depth of Interaction
Informing
Networking
Collaborating
Transforming
The Partnership Way
Leading by Convening
Habits of Interaction
Coalescing around Ensuring Relevant
Issues
Participation
Doing the Work
Together
Elements of Interaction
Adaptive
Technical
Operational
Depth of Interaction
Informing
Networking
Collaborating
Transforming
Let’s look at the tools for Coalescing
Four Simple Questions
Meet the Stakeholders
Four Simple Questions
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Who cares about this issue and why?
What work is already underway separately?
What shared work could unite us?
How can we deepen our connections?
Meet the Stakeholders
Relevant Participation Has Several Faces:
Range, Frequency, and Role
Range:
Power differential
Supporters and critics
Players at different levels of scale
Frequency:
Episodic or ongoing
Predictable interaction, sufficient to build relationships
Often enough for stakeholders to take roles
Role:
Fixed or shared leadership roles
Everybody comes as a learner
The Partnership Way
Leading by Convening
Habits of Interaction
Coalescing around Ensuring Relevant
Issues
Participation
Doing the Work
Together
Elements of Interaction
Adaptive
Technical
Operational
Depth of Interaction
Informing
Networking
Collaborating
Transforming
Let’s look at the tools for Relevant Participation
Engaging Everybody
Engaging Everybody
The Partnership Way
Leading by Convening
Habits of Interaction
Coalescing around Ensuring Relevant
Issues
Participation
Doing the Work
Together
Elements of Interaction
Adaptive
Technical
Operational
Depth of Interaction
Informing
Networking
Collaborating
Transforming
Let’s look at the tools for Doing Work Together
Problems Come Bundled
Problems Come Bundled
Leading by Convening means we…..
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Meet people ‘where they are’ on the issue.
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Bring people together to build support for addressing the issue.
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Convene the stakeholders to discover why this is important and how it will
improve practice.
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Translate complex challenges into ways that individuals can contribute.
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Help people ‘lead in place’ regardless of role, position, or title.
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Create new knowledge together.
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Solve complex issues that need the various perspectives/aspects that contribute to
problems/solutions.
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Build a personal commitment to working in this way because we believe inclusive
work is better and more sustainable work.
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Cultivate the habit of collaboration.
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Integrate collaboration into the identity of the group and the individual.
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Other…..
The Partnership Way
Leading by Convening
Habits of Interaction
Coalescing around Ensuring Relevant
Issues
Participation
Doing the Work
Together
Elements of Interaction
Adaptive
Technical
Operational
Depth of Interaction
Informing
Networking
Collaborating
Transforming
Let’s look at the tools for Doing Work Together
Measuring Progress
Measuring Progress
Qualitative Rubrics to Quantitative Comparisons
Leading by Convening: Bringing It All Together
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