am4: how to be a better leader
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HOW TO BE A BETTER LEADERCHAIR:KARL WILDINGDIRECTOR OF PUBLIC POLICY, NCVOSPEAKERS:EDWARD KELLOWFOUNDER AND LEAD FACILITATOR, KELLOW LEARNINGSHAKS GHOSHCEO, CLORE SOCIAL LEADERSHIP PROGRAMME
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Leading and Building Agile Organisations
NCVO Conference18 April 2016
• The pace of change. Disruption, challenge and uncertainty.
• Austerity and growing demand for services• Leaders who are collaborative and adaptive will
achieve more.• To build collective action and impact. To achieve more
for our clients. • To obtain the 23% performance uplift from investing
in leadership (CMI).
Why Voluntary Organisations Need to be More Agile
The Dancefloor or the Balcony?
• Less time on the dancefloor. More time on the balcony.• Less research, more experiments. Less strategy, more tactics.• Less stability. More disruption. Change management becomes
ongoing.• Less authority. More ideas, feedback and challenge.
All leadership must be appropriate for the situation.
4 Leadership Lessons I am Trying to Learn
Agile Leaders Walk on a Razor’s Edge
Agile Leaders are able to Walk on the Razor’s Edge (Ronald Heifitz)
Leaders Agile LeadersGive Direction Define problems and
solutionFrame questions and issues
Protection Shield the organisation from external pressures
Let organisation feel external pressure within a range it can stand
Management of people
Clearly define roles and responsibilities
Disorient current roles; create fluid roles
Controling Conflict
Restore order Allow conflict to emerge
Shaping Norms
Maintain norms Encourage disrupters
For the Curious: the Guru of Adaptive Leadership
Agile Leaders Create Agile Organisations
In challenging times, know your values. Your TRUE NORTH.
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