wtf' of leadership (what's the future)

Perry Timms - Founder: pthr Visiting Fellow: Sheffield Hallam

CIPD Social Media & Engagement AdvisorOctober 2013

Leadership...Leadership...Leadership...Leadership...

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Having responsibility for the welfare, performance and enablement of others to do

their job and deliver on the purpose and values of an organisation.

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� Headlines� We know so much about what good

leading / managing is but we do so little of it...

� Private sector HR spreads leadership development across all levels - less so in public and voluntary

� 2/3rds of HR Leaders said leadership development was not limited due to level in org'n

� Employees work around poor managers; findings answers and help from peers

� Middle and junior managers struggle with clarity on targets & feel unsupported by senior leaders in meeting team objectives

� Only 41% of managers feel that team needs over their own is part of their job

� Employees desire more caring managers

� Empathy and selflessness is not currently part of the behavioural expectations for mananagers

� Biggest skill gap in managers is managing difficult conversations

� Only 11% of HR professionals feel they should evaluate effectiveness of leaders

� Nearly half HR professionals said their exec team doesn't recognise leadership development as key for their organisation success

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Social Leadership

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Collaborative Advantage

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Cultural Architects

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The learning advantage

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From Professor Steve Wheeler: Learning with Es blog

Learning itself has changed...

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From Wikipedia

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Trust

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Leadership: a team sport

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“In today’s economy there is no way anybody can be an expert in a substantial part of their total field. The modern ‘renaissance’ man or woman

is one who understands how to learn.“

Hans de Zwart - Snr Innovation Adviser - Shell

Learning: the one skill to rule them all

Perry Timms

@Perry Timms

Adjusteddevelopment.wordpress.com perry.pthr@gmail.com

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