power and leadership in collaborative & merger settings
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Power and leadership in collaborative & merger settings. “ In politics and social science power is the ability to influence the behavior of people…. …the term authority is often used for power perceived as legitimate by the social structure ” - Wikipedia. Different conceptions of power. - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
Power and leadership in collaborative & merger settings
“In politics and social science power is the ability to influence the behavior of people…
…the term authority is often used for power perceived as
legitimate by the social structure”
- Wikipedia
Different conceptions of power
• Power over
• Power to
• Power with
• Empowerment
Different conceptions of power
Which definitions are appropriate for us in collaborative and merger settings?
The Difficulties of Leadership
The Difficulties of Leadership
Varying levels of capacity within the group
•Members can nominate others to represent them
•Agenda setting before meetings
How can we deal with lack of capacity for group members to attend meetings?
How can a leader create a neutral space and encourage all members of the group to have the confidence to engage?
Varying levels of confidence
• Open spaces
• Small group work
• Outside facilitation
Chairing for Involvement V’s. Chairing for Silencing
The difficulties of chairing
• How do you make decisions as a group?
• How not to go back on decisions once away from the group?
• How not to take discussions offline
Leadership styles
Leadership stylesWhat do you think you naturally are?
•Commanding / coercive: dictatorship – ‘do what I say’
•Visionary/ Authoritative: mobilises people towards a vision
•Affiliative: focuses on emotional needs over work needs
•Democratic: uses participation, listening to both the bad and good news
•Pacesetting: builds challenging and exciting goals for people
•Coaching: connecting goals while helping people identify strengths and weaknesses
Leadership styles
In collaborative settings, it is important to assume humility in leadership;
…to create an open environment where challenge is welcomed, recognising when you need to adjust.
Processes
Processes
• Determine outcomes
• Must follow values and principles
•Can move a group forward when conflict becomes a problem
Phases in order to create processes‘Forming, storming, norming, performing and adjourning’ [Tuckman]
Processes
What processes have you implemented in your collaborations?
Discussion