Collaborative Leadership
The viability and resiliency of a self-organizing system comes from its great capacity to adapt as needed, to create structures that fit the moment. It is not locked into any one structure; it is capable of organizing into whatever form it determines best suits the present situation. Margaret J.Wheatley (2006)
Today, our human society is facing many systemic and complex sustainability challenges. With these great changes come great opportunities.
Developing authentic leadership and collaborative approaches becomes the necessity in today’s world to build thriving, innovative and effective organisations.
This program includes
1 x 2 day Workshop for middle managers & team leaders
1 x 1 day Collaborative CEO / Executive Workshop
Full day for middle managers & team leaders
Half day for CEO / Executives
Note: It is expected that these 2 workshops will be at least 2 months apart.
It has been our experience through times of constant change and chaos; leaders in organisations need to be grounded in authenticity to support and empower their actions every step of the way. How we show up, what we believe to be true and how we shape our intention plays a significant role in what will unfold.
Outlined on the next page you will find specific details regarding the Collaborative Leadership – Nurturing Leaders in an Emerging Landscape program.
Two Day Workshop
Who should attend
Middle Managers & Team Leaders
Definition
Organisational, Community, Family, Individual
Pre-requisite
A middle manager(s) / team leader(s) must indicate their intention to attend both workshops and a senior executive(s) staff member must indicate their intention to support the middle manager(s) / team leader(s) and attend half a day of the one day workshop
Models used
Theory based practice – Underpinning approaches:
- Asset Based & Person Centred Practice
- Purposeful activities
- Lessons from the Tipping Point
- Entrepreneurship
- 360 Feedback
Content
The Collaborative Leadership Workshop for Middle Managers focuses on the unique positioning of middle management, as a conduit for leadership development and innovation, within an organisation. Utilising self-reflection techniques, empowerment strategies and emerging leadership methods, this interactive, strengths-focused workshop will assist middle managers to identify and explore the untapped leadership potential of staff throughout their organisation’s structure.
The Leadership Workshop will cover
- The use of power, structural power, social power
- The disconnect between levels of management
- Vertical & horizontal types of leadership
- Mapping potential
- Empower, value, respect
- Hidden Leaders (Corporate Social Responsibility)
- Personal growth and reflection
- Reframing questions
- Learning conversations
- Leading by stepping back
One Day Workshop
Who should attend
CEO/ Executive and Middle Managers & Team Leaders
Definition
Two way learning, emerging and action
Pre-requisites
A middle manager(s) must have completed the two day workshop and had the support of their senior leader
Models used
Theory based practice – Underpinning approaches:
- Asset Based and Person Centred Practices
- Learning from the Edge
- Cooperative Mode
- Pre-Sensing
- 360 Feedback
Content
This uniquely combined workshop offers executives an opportunity to enhance and further support the emerging ideas and actions of middle management, and their staff. By joining middle management for a communal lunch and an afternoon leadership session, executives will assist in intentionally developing a strengths-focused leadership strategy to increase the organisation’s capacity to foster staff leadership and to identify sustainable community partnership opportunities.
The Leadership Workshop will cover
- Organisational Capacity Building (Corporate Social Responsibility)
- Powerful relationship building
- Discovering what works (& what didn’t work)
- Identifying what has changed
- What do we do on Monday?
