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Collaborative Leadership Skills

Challenges

Share with Partner

• Identify 1 challenging stakeholder you have influenced or tried to influence

• Share lessons learned:What works? What is hard?

Share with Table

• Introduce self

• Stakeholder you influenced/tried to influence

GOALS• Strengthen collaborative leadership

skills

• Better influence and communicate with stakeholders

• Strengthen relationships with peers

• Create personal action plan

LEADERSHIP DEFINED

Leadership is the art of mobilizing others to want to struggle for shared aspirations.

James Kouzes, co-author of The Leadership Challenge

Adaptive leadership is the practice of mobilizing people to tackle tough challenges and thrive.

Ron Heifetz, co-author of The Practice of Adaptive Leadership

DIRECTIONS OF LEADERSHIP

YOU

Others “Above”

Others “Beside”

Others “Below”

Others “Beside”

They have authority/ power to decide, give, do

You decide, direct, give to, tell, mentor

Peers, more equal

Definitions

YOU

1. List some stakeholders

2. Prioritize and circle 2-3

Map Your Leadership

How to Lead Up1. See them as an ally2. Understand: what’s in it for them3. Adapt to style and needs4. Use strategy

Rules for the Road

How to Lead Sideways1. Make and keep realistic commitments2. Respect each other’s work3. Get buy-in

Rules for the Road

How to Lead Down1. Directly communicate expectations2. Be receptive to feedback and/or choices3. Do not be afraid of your own self-disclosure

Rules for the Road

Priority Stakeholders:

Individually (few minutes)1. What isn’t working?2. What am I excited to try?

At Your Table3. What insights do I have?4. What muscles to flex? To strengthen?

Assess and Discuss

Insights

COLLABORATIVE LEADERSHIP

Catalyze Culture of Cooperation

Use Vision to Navigate

Share Power & Generate

Momentum

Catalyze Culture of Cooperation

1. Listen deeply2. Show gratitude and appreciation 3. Use both/and thinking4. Communicate openly and clearly5. Foster camaraderie and trust

Use Vision to Navigate

6. Create space for others7. Embrace ambiguity; encourage innovation8. Develop enough infrastructure9. Resolve conflicts in values/beliefs

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Share Power and Generate Momentum

10.Hold clear picture of purpose11.Help people understand progress/success12.Courageously adapt

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Match Medium to Message

High degree of complexity and/or feedback needed

Self

One-on-One

Subgroup

Whole

Low degree of complexity and/or feedback needed

Low degree of complexity and/or feedback needed

High degree of complexity and/or feedback needed

Self

One on One

Subgroup

Whole

High degree of complexity and/or feedback needed

Self

One on One

Subgroup

Whole

Low degree of complexity and/or feedback needed

On Scrap Paper:Pick a practice you’re working to apply to one priority stakeholder. Identify the challenge you are facing.

Think Individually (few minutes)

1. Briefly describe challenge and practice2. Others ask clarifying questions only3. Identify: “Who shares this challenge?”4. Coach: Each person provides guidance or

feedback (1 minute)

Repeat

Coach Each Other: 10 Minute Rounds

SO WHAT? NOW WHAT?

For My LeadershipI learned...

I’d like to try...

I plan to take the following steps to apply what I’ve learned …

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