Strategic Thinking & Facilitative Leadership

An Opportunity to Reflect, Assess, and Move Forwardwith the NJ VISTA Network Ariane Hoy & Afnan Rashid

What we are going to do

✴ Let go of the past! ✴ Share some new

frameworks and tools for leadership and management

✴ Reflect and get into meaningful dialogue

✴ Brainstorm ideas generate plans for the future

•Make a careful list of all things done to you that you abhorred. Don't do them to others, ever. Make another list of things done for you that you loved. Do them for others, always.

Phd - short course

•Here is the very heart and soul of the matter. If you look to lead, invest at least 40% of your time managing yourself — your ethics, character, principles, purpose, motivation, and conduct. Invest at least 30% managing those with authority over you, and 15% managing your peers. Use the remainder to induce those you "work for" to understand and practice the theory. I use the terms "work for" advisedly, for if you don't understand that you should be working for your mislabeled "subordinates," you haven't understood anything. Lead yourself, lead your superiors, lead your peers, and free your people to do the same.

Heart & Soul

•The problem is never how to get new, innovative thoughts into your mind, but how to get old ones out. Every mind is a room packed with archaic furniture. You must get the old furniture of what you know, think, and believe out before anything new can get in. Make an empty space in any corner of your mind, and creativity will instantly fill it.

creativity

creativity

What do you want or need to let go?make that space!

draw, write, etc.

Facilitative leadersHIP

what they do

CoachGuides others towards improved performance, self- awareness, and full potential

Team LeaderManages the process by which a team accomplishes its goals and tasks

Change Agent Encourages continuous improvement of the organization and systems

eight practices

if you are at your best, which do you want to be? Coach Guides others towards improved performance, self- awareness, and full potential

Team Leader Manages the process by which a team accomplishes its goals and tasks

Change Agent Encourages continuous improvement of the organization and systems

Assets challenges

what are you great at and what do you need to work

on?

Remember your style

North

South

EastWest

“Action Jackson”

“Betty Blue Sky”

“Sam So Nice”

“Peter Practical”

balancing what is important

Results Were the results high-quality? Did

it get done on time? Was your organization/those

involved satisfied?

Process Was the process inclusive?

Was the process clear/ transparent? Is/was the process

appropriate to the task and context?

Relationships Do team members/ colleagues

feel supported? Do team members/ colleagues feel valued? Do I trust others

and feel valued?

think about an upcoming role, how can you do this better?

Results • get things done • on time • demonstrate (& claim) success

Process • inclusive & transparent • organized & replicable • build systems

Relationships • build human capital • advocate • mentor/be mentored

what do you need to do more of?

What do you need to do less of?

reflect - then groups of 3

especially think about tools at your disposal...

add onto your plans

❖ Meetings ❖ Emails ❖ VADs ❖ Basecamp use ❖ Interactions with your boss ❖ Interactions with your colleagues ❖ Interactions with people in the community ❖ Other VISTAs ❖ PR/Press ❖ Sharing relevant information ❖ etc.

•40% managing yourself (integrity, reputation, own work)

•30% managing up (others with authority over you)

•15% managing peers and colleagues

•15% empowering others to do the same (pushing up!)

let us think about this again

How?

add onto your plans

❖ Preparing in advance (agenda, wish list, report, synopsis) ❖ Covering someone (going to them in private, advanced

conversation, sending an email, helping them prep) ❖ Asking for more (can I take that on?, I’d like to...) ❖ Taking initiative (volunteering, going extra mile) ❖ Being an advocate (standing up for...)

❖What will you do?...

• 40% managing yourself (integrity, reputation, own work) • 30% managing up (others with authority over you) • 15% managing peers and colleagues • 15% empowering others to do the same (pushing up!)

where do you want to spend more time & Effort?

Flash forward: the most important thing I did was....