Regional Sustainability Conference Workshop 1'ppt

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Towards Leadership for Sustainability
Conrad Benefield Programme Director for
Sustainability Centre for Excellence in Leadership
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Workshop objectives

• Introduce you to CEL
• Explore the role of leadership in creating
  sustainable organisations
• Explore the common challenges and catalysts, and
  what it takes to succeed
• Share and discuss CELs emerging strategy

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Aims what we want for you

• Better understanding of CEL
• New insights into leadership
• Encouragement to develop your own capacity
• Opportunity to discuss it with colleagues
• Engagement with and input to CELs emerging
  strategy

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About CEL part 1

• Mission to improve the standard, supply and
  diversity of leaders in the sector
• Charitable trust - 50 of funding from DIUS, rest
  from fees, other contracts etc
• Offering programmes, consultancy, services,
  research, resources and events

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About CEL part 2

• Strategic themes equality and diversity, talent
  management, e-learning, sustainable development
• Significant research strand to inform our work
  and activities
• Publications and seminars looking at the
  implications of policy reforms for leaders

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CELs role in sustainable development

• Starting point
• what is CELs distinctive contribution?
• Leadership is key on two levels
• Sustainable development needs impetus from
  leaders
• Leaders need to be equipped to provide it

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Leadership for sustainability

• Leadership which promotes and supports
  sustainable development principles in all aspects
  of the role of the individual leader and the
  organisation

Estates and resources
Learning delivery
Curriculum
CPD
Strategic planning
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Research - process

• LSBU - interviews to explore individuals
  sustainable development journeys
• Forum for the Future - action research to look at
  how leadership for sustainability operates and
  can be nurtured at organisational level

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Headline messages from research

• Broad range of catalysts and blocks to being a
  leader for sustainability
• CEL should support and influence the embedding of
  sustainable development in the sector
• CEL can facilitate sharing and discussion
• CEL must be an exemplar
• CEL should embed SD in all programmes

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Other developments

• Successful conference on 16 May debated issues,
  research and current practice
• Seminar on 13 September to inform strategy
• Published research and conference reports
• Consultation and learning from the sector has
  been at the heart of the project

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Leadership for sustainability key qualities

• Distributed leadership
• Self awareness and growth
• Zest for knowledge, experiences and challenges
• Adaptation of leadership style to situations
• Commitment to equality and fairness

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Leadership for sustainability key qualities

• Understanding of and ability to adapt to insights
  and perspectives from diverse sources
• Embedding corporate and ethical and social
  responsibility at strategic and operational
  levels
• Adding value through collaboration, partnerships
  and group synergy

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Leadership for sustainability key qualities

• Using networks and insights to help shape the
  organisation
• Influencing relationships
• Understanding organisational climate and knowing
  and involving key influencers
• Prioritisation of time and resource management

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Themes of current leadership practice
experiences from the sector

• Started with a small group of enthusiasts
• No initial budget
• Keep it open and inclusive
• It should never be about saving money

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Themes of current leadership practice
experiences from the sector

• Everyones familiar with the term, few can
  explain it bring everyone to shared
  understanding
• Take everyone with you
• Get learners involved early on
• Im learning as fast as Im leading!

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Towards a CEL strategy

• Builds on research
• Informed and led by sector experience and
  practice
• Defining the recommendations from the research in
  terms of meaningful themes and objectives

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Strategy objectives
Build leadership
Build partnership
Build CEL
Build practice
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Build leadership

Support the development of individual leaders'
and organisations' capacity and capability to be
leaders for sustainability
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Build partnership

Actively contribute to policy development and
practice in sustainable development at sector
level
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Build CEL

Develop CEL's own capacity and practice to both
support other strands and become more
sustainable itself
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Build practice

Lead, support and contribute to debate,
discussionand improvement in leadership for
sustainability across the sector
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Build leadership
- CEL action

• Conduct a phased review of our portfolio
• Develop support for governing bodies
• Explore the development of mentoring and coaching
  services that focus on SD
• Make understanding and appreciation of SD a
  requirement for those developing and delivering
  CEL programmes

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Build leadership
- CEL action

• Develop a leadership for sustainability
  consultancy programme
• Work with LSC on processes to help SMTs develop
  the business case for SD
• Complete a full review of the CEL Leadership
  Qualities Framework (LQF)
• With LSC, run a workshop on SD at the CEL
  Governance Conference

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Build partnership
- CEL action

• Develop a partnering strategy with LSC
• Begin to explore with Ofsted how inspection can
  best take account of activity and practice that
  supports SD
• Explore with LLUK how to collaborate to develop
  the capacity and capability in SD of the FE
  workforce as a whole
• Host a forum with key sector influencers and
  agencies

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Build CEL
- CEL action

• Internal Sustainable Development Group working to
  identify priorities and develop and implement
  action plans
• Full support of Executive Leadership Team
• Operations
• Review transport policies
• More sustainable procurement
• Calculate and reduce carbon footprint

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Build CEL
- CEL action

• Staff development
• Help all staff to develop action plans
• Make SD a core theme in development
• Enable engagement in environmental and community
  development projects
• Partnerships
• Make links with and contribute to SD initiatives
  within CEL's local area

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Build practice
- CEL action

• Further research into factors that influence
  embedding of SD within organisations
• Commission SD research
• Commission and disseminate case studies from the
  sector and related sectors
• Annual conference, forums for champions and
  senior leaders

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Next steps

• Circulate draft strategy later in October
• Continue to welcome comments and ideas
• Publish strategy at House of Lords 15th November
• To get a place at the launch, e-mail me at
  conrad.benefield_at_centreforexcellence.org.uk

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Questions and comments?
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Questions

• What are your overall impressions of what
  leadership for sustainability means?
• What are the key challenges to this agenda?
• What experiences or approaches can you share?
• Will CELs strategy help and how?
• What else needs to be done, and by whom?
• Do you have any other comments?

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Contact Details Conrad Benefield Centre for
Excellence in Leadership Suite 309 10 Greycoat
Place London SW1P 1SB Fax [phone] Direct
line 020 7654 3309 conrad.benefield_at_centreforexc
ellence.org.uk www.centreforexcellence.org.uk