Annie E' Casey Foundations

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Annie E. Casey Foundations

• Juvenile Detention Alternatives Initiative
• APPLIED LEADERSHIP NETWORK
• 2008 Inaugural Class

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ALN Purpose

• Two Main Goals
• Strengthen the field of leaders in Juvenile
  Justice and Juvenile Detention field
• Accelerate the achievement of results within JDAI

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HOW WE BECAME INVOLVED

• Nomination
• Application
• Selection
• Commitment

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ALN Class 2008
Seated left to right The Honorable Gary Chavers,
Indianapolis, Ind. Susan Cox, Springfield, Mo.
Barbara Roberts, Dallas, Tex. Elizabeth Florez,
Washoe County, Nev. Andrea McCoy Johnson,
Newark, N.J.. Top row left to right Lisa
Macaluso, Trenton, N.J. Claudette Overton,
Norfolk, Va. Michael Griffiths, Dallas, Tex.
DeShane Reed, formerly of Springfield, Mo. Jeff
Justesen, Wasco County, Ore. Antonio Sutton,
Norfolk, Va. Molly Rogers, Wasco County , Ore.
Mike Pomi, Washoe County, Nev. Chris Ball,
Indianapolis, Ind..
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JDAI SITE MAP
WA
MT
NH
MN
MA
OR
RI
ID
NJ
IA
CA
IL
DE
OH
NV
MD
IN
DC
VA
MO
NM
AZ
HI
AL
GA
TX
MS
LA
FA
5 Model sites
3 Potential sites
8 County sites
ALN Teams
17 State sites plus DC
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Benefits of ALN

• Personal and professional development
• Training opportunities
• Intentional leadership development
• Opportunity to execute strategies
• Mentoring and coaching
• Development of Juvenile Justice Network
• ALN Social Network Site
• Presenters at Inter-site conference
• Platform for developing and implementing DMC
  Long term planning site planning

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ALN through fellowship leads to the idea that
leadership is work everyday and in this room we
are all leaders collectively and individually
with one core mission to become models of change
in our communities using the framework of JDAI as
our philosophy
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Personal Statements

• I have learned to see others for who they are,
  and I listen more effectively to those around me
• I will give back to ALN because ALN has given me
  the gift of fellowship

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Overview of Key Lessons Learned from ALN

• Leading from the Middle

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The Middlewhere Is The Middle?

• All of us, where ever we are in our organization,
  can be in the middle.
• There are always those we have to answer to
• There are those below us who influence our
  actions
• The whirlwind of business, affects our
  effectiveness
• THE RESULTS OF TRYING TO PLEASE EVERYONE CAN
  GIVE A GIGANTIC HEADACHE.

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The Whirlwind

• What is a whirlwind?
• A whirlwind is the stuff that occurs daily in
  operating a business (private or public).
• The whirlwind always threatens to over take us.
• The whirlwind keeps you from getting your to do
  list done!

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Challenges Common to Us

• Economic challenges
• (Dont have enough money to do all I need to do)
• Political challenges
• (various political agendas competing with each
  other)

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Challenges

• Transition challenges
• (leadership, philosophy,
• program design)
• Goal setting, planning, execution challenges
• (when do I have time?)

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Challenges Common to Us

• Race, class, culture challenges
• (what is my role in
• addressing these
• issues?)
• Staff morale challenges
• (how do I motivate staff?)

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Lessons LearnedEffective Leadership

• Set goals
• Clear
• Achievable
• Known
• Economically Viable
• Should never set more than 2-3 wildly important
  goals (WIGS)
• Seek found pilots

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Effective Leadership

• Meet frequently with your team to review status
  of goal implementation
• Public accountability
• Report, review, revise, reward

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Celebrate Success

• Embrace and celebrate your achievements!
• Caution Dont linger in your celebration there
  are
• more mountains to scale.

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Key Point Person-Role-System

• Finding our place in the system through the
  JDAI Applied Leadership Experience

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Role

• Organizational and Situational Roles
• Roles defined as Seasoned Leader and Emerging
  Leader understanding these can be different at
  different times.
• We each bring our selves to our roles as
  leaders within our organizations.

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Using Our Person To Support Our Role

• Who we are brings a unique set of skills,
  interests, and passion to the Role we have in our
  System.
• Our Person begins with our personalities and
  life experiences to use as filters as we
  experience the organization.
• We also use filters of Race, Class, and Culture
  as we define our Person, Role and System.

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Where Are We???

• One of the most difficult challenges of new
  projects is defining expectations.
• Roles include the written word on your job
  description, but also the white space left for
  interpretation and growth.
• What skills do I need to bring to this role? Is
  this something I am passionate about?

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Leader Today Follower Tomorrow

• There can be different roles played by the same
  person based on the situation.
• Awareness of how the Role and Self are
  interacting to avoid Role Strain incompatible
  demands that are built into a role.

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System Putting It All Together

• When our many Roles and Selves interact in an
  organized way it comes together as a system.
• Each team within the ALN class had a specific
  project that they brought forth to complete as
  part of our Leadership Development.
• Each component of Self-Role-System was important
  for the team to succeed.

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The Lessons to Share

• When our many Roles and Selves interact in an
  organized way it comes together as a system.
• Each team within the ALN class had a specific
  project that they brought forth to complete as
  part of our Leadership Development.
• Each component of Self-Role-System was important
  for the team to succeed.

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Accountability Continuum
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Future of ALN

• ALN Social Network
• Joint Projects
• Support Replication Efforts
• 2009-2010 Class

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Future of ALN

• 105 JDAI sites
• Influential leaders
• Training New Leaders
• Visionaries

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Special Appreciation

• Douglas W. Nelson, President of the Annie E.
  Casey Foundation for Supporting the ALN
  participants
• Bart Lubow, Gail D. Mumford, Paul DeMuro, Barbara
  Squires, Donna Stark, Shannon Heaps, JDAI Team
  Leaders
• And to the rich array of qualified instructors

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Presenters Information

• Barbara Roberts
• Dallas County Juvenile Department
• Deputy Director of Institutions
• 2600 Lone Star Dr., LB 5
• Dallas, TX 75212
• [phone] [phone]
  Barbara.Roberts_at_dallascounty.org
• Antonio Sutton
• Norfolk Juvenile Court Service Unit
• Deputy Director
• 800 E. City Hall Avenue
• Norfolk, VA 23510
• [phone]
• Antonio.Sutton_at_djj.virginia.gov

• Michael J. Pomi
• Washoe County Juvenile Service
• Director
• 650 Ferrari-McLeod Blvd.
• Reno, Nevada 89512
• [phone]
• Mpomi_at_washoecounty.us
• Molly Rogers
• Wasco County Juvenile Services
• Director
• 202 East Fifth Street
• The Dalles, OR 97058
• [phone] x 2667
• mollyr_at_co.wasco.or.us

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