LEADERSHIP FOR MODERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

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LEADERSHIP FOR MODERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

• John Jackson
• Capacity Building International

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BE TRUE TO YOURSELF PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW THE
TRUTH

• LEADERSHIP
• Challenge
• Characteristics
• Context

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LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGE IS NOT ABOUT DRIVING FROM
THE TOP

• What is the difference?
• Leadership
• Management
• Leadership

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Power is mastery, not domination

• Power source from position
• Role
• Use of coercion
• Use of reward
• Power source from self
• Expertise
• Personal qualities
• Connection abilities

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Power is desirable, dangerous, risky

• Power is not leadership
• Power resides in relationships
• Power can generate power
• Power can generate powerlessness
• Power is unequally distributed
• What is your preferred source of power?

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LEADERSHIP MEANS RISK

• COURAGE ..balanced with CAUTION
• ? ?
• not not
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• RECKLESSNESS COWARDICE
• What is your approach to managing risk?

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Hierarchy and bureaucracy do not release the
energies of staff

• LEADERSHIP PROMOTES VALUES
• Learning from mistakes
• Sharing good practice
• Valuing diversity
• Challenging existing practice
• Asking penetrating questions

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THE ORGANISATION ICEBERG

• processes roles and titles
• policies procedures structures
• ABOVE
• BELOW
• styles values personal aspirations
• loyalties relationships networks
• hopes rumours attitudes feelings

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LEADERSHIP MEANS INNOVATION

• Supporting managers in taking risks
• Gathering new ideas
• Using diverse teams
• Learning from mistakes
• Sharing knowledge of what works
• Challenging colleagues about practices
• Appreciating the efforts of others

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LEADERSHIP MEANS PARTNERSHIP

• Bringing in new expertise
• Extending range of services
• Raising quality of services
• Making better use of specialised knowledge
• Ensuring local services are joined up
• Tackling tough challenges
• Managing demand better

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LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT ENGAGING INTERNAL AND
EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS

• What is their view of the issue?
• What would they like to see in the future?

• Are you ready to face this challenge?

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FROM LEADERSHIP TO FACILITATION

• Leadership is
• Taking a long term view
• Pointing out the challenge to be faced
• Facilitation is
• Helping people to see their own future
• Relating the challenge to individuals in their
  work and attitudes

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WHAT IS THE PRACTICE OF LEADERSHIP?

• Exercising power
• Giving purpose
• Living with risk
• Networking
• Facilitating
• Challenging the status quo
• Harnessing energy

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LEADING YOURSELF

• When things go wrong, a good leader looks in the
  mirror. When things go well, a good leader looks
  out of the window

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Fish rots from the head

• Modern political power is not about being there
  but about doing something
• Men see things as they are and ask why? I
  dream of things that never were and say why
  not?
• There go my people I must follow them, for I am
  their leader