lilith 400 young leaders program: connectivity and capacity building august 13, 2015, 7:30 pm...
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Lilith 400 Young Leaders Program: Connectivity and Capacity BuildingAugust 13, 2015, 7:30 pmJo-Anne Kingstone
Leadership Challenges
Human engagement lives at the core of leadership.
Change Management
Motivation
Clarity of Purpose
Shared Values
Communication
Decision Making
Strategic Implementation
Culture
Maximizing Potential
Strength and Permanence
Performance Assessment
Financial Sustainability
Two Key Functions of Leadership: Connectivity and
Capacity Building
Connectivity:
• Practicing authenticity, integrity and personal authority when building relationships and understanding
• Practicing presence with and for others
Where we begin with connectivity, we work towards
capacity building.
Capacity BuildingRecognizing demonstrated growthIdentifying potential Engaging possibilitiesFostering conditions for exploration and
risk takingCreating stretch opportunities Encouraging reflectionEstablishing goals and developing
strategies
The Concept of Practice
IntentionalUndertaken
with a purpose in mind
Deliberate and planful
How we do something
MindfulUndertaken
with awarenessThoughtful and
attentiveHow we think
about something
“A practice” is the intentional and mindful application of intellectual, emotional and physical energy to the exploration of a specific task or set of tasks or to an ideal.
THINK YOGA!
Why Yoga?
The practice is infinite in possibilities—perfection is not the goal, growth is.
Leadership is the same—perfection is not the goal, growth is.
Connectivity
What do these poses tell us about the power and purpose of intentional and mindful connectivity?
Mountain Pose
Chair Pose
Dancer’s Pose
Explore these possibilities…
1. Being present in an authentic way.
2. Engaging with integrity.
3. Expressing your personal authority (confidence).
4. Seeking to understand by listening and reflecting.
5. Seeing others’ perspectives without judgment.
6. Inviting others on a journey.
Capacity Building
What do these poses teach us about building our own capacity and that of others?
Goddess Pose
Chair Pose (revisited in another form!)
Warrior Two
Explore these possibilities:
1. Recognizing and celebrating
2. Testing limits, taking risks, exploring possibilities
3. Having a goal and setting a strategy
4. Being comfortable with discomfort
5. Discovering the voice of change and challenge
6. Having the courage to focus
The pose we all need to embrace, celebrate and
practice:
What do we learn from
The Humble Warrior(for ourselves and others)
?
Case Studies: Explorations for Connectivity and Capacity Building
1. You are in grade 12 in a leadership role at your school. One of your jobs is to develop and implement spirit events. You and your team have planned three events already. Two have been great and one, the most recent, has flopped. You are aware of some growing criticism of the team's ability to listen to members of the community. A couple of fellow grade 12s come to you and suggest that a survey of the student body might help clarify interest. You do not know these students well. What are the issues? What is your strategy? Think about habits of connectivity and capacity building.
Try another one…
2. Your school has a new Principal/Head. She has made some significant changes to the student leadership selection process. She worked with a small group of faculty to design this new model. She has changed the system from the appointment (made by the Principal/Head) of a small group of grade 12 leaders to a more democratic approach where leadership is widely distributed across all grades (9-12) and determined by vote—all students and all faculty. Faculty votes count for two. You and your peers are in grade 11, slated to be next year’s leaders. What are the issues? What is your strategy? Think about connectivity and capacity building.
One more…
3. Your school is undertaking a review of the daily academic schedule. You have been asked to be part of a student committee that will be involved in this project. What are the issues that might come up in this kind of change? What is your strategy for engaging the community of students in the dialogue so that your voice can be heard?
4 Essential Questions
1. Is it true?
2. How do you know it’s true?
3. How do you show up when you believe it to be true?
4. Who would you be if it were not true?
And the one we all love: Bonus Question!
5. Can you flip it?
Human engagement lives at the core of leadership.