Building Capacity

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Building Capacity
Dr. Tracy Edwards, President and CEOLethbridge
Community Collegetracy.edwards_at_lethbridgecollege.
ab.ca
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With thanks!
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A change at the pointy end of the ship in July
2005. . .
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A new president gets to know her college. . .
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Understanding the culture . . .
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Levels of Culture
Visible organizational structures (hard to
decipher)
See!
Artifacts
Strategies, goals, philosophies
Espoused Values
Say!
Unconscious, taken-for-granted beliefs,
perceptions, thoughts, and feelings (ultimate
source of values and action)
Basic Underlying Assumptions
Do!
Schein (1985) Organizational Culture and
Leadership
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The Bottom Line
Culture is deep Culture is broad Culture is stable
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An uncomplicated look at an evolving discipline
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A simple metaphor for open communication . . .
(and good leadership!)
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Introducing. . . Melvis!
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In the final analysis. . .
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Our future rests on creating capacity. . .
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Leadership capacity.
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A Five Point Leadership ALERT
uthenticity

• A

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• Walking the talk
• Bringing your whole self to work
• Consistency in behaviour across time and
  circumstance
• Integrity and humility

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My Five Point Leadership ALERT
uthenticity

• A

istening

• L

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No great idea ever entered the mind through an
open mouth.
Source Unknown
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My Five Point Leadership ALERT
uthenticity

• A

istening

• L

mpathy

• E

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NOT!
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Dont judge any man until youve walked two moons
in his moccasins.
Old Aboriginal Proverb
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My Five Point Leadership ALERT
uthenticity

• A

istening

• L

mpathy

• E

elationships/Respect
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Coming together is a beginning. Keeping together
is progress. Working together is success.
Henry Ford
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• Cross functional teams
• Boundary spanning
• Building bridges
• Thinking big picture
• Aligning unit strategy with institutional goals

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My Five Point Leadership ALERT
uthenticity

• A

istening

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mpathy

• E

elationships/Respect
rust

• T

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I think we may safely trust a good deal more than
we do.
Henry David Thoreau
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The best way to find out if you can trust
somebody is to trust them.
Ernest Hemingway
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What current leadership research suggests. . .
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• Leadership is a relationship
• Credibility
• DWYSYWD
• Leaders develop capacity
• Leaders listen deeply
• Leaders are shared possibility thinkers

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No Gophers!
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Questions/comments?
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Building Capacity
Dr. Tracy Edwards, President and CEOLethbridge
Community Collegetracy.edwards_at_lethbridgecollege.
ab.ca
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Todays Plan

• Setting the stage
• Thoughts on leadership
• A simple ALERT

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We love Southern Alberta!
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LCC looks forward . . .
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A New Landscape. . .