LEADERSHIP: A 360 Approach Joanne Cashman, Ed. D. [e-mail] 703-519-1501 ACSSW Conference

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LEADERSHIPA 360 Approach Joanne Cashman,
Ed. D.joanne.cashman_at_nasdse.org703-519-1501ACS
SW Conference

• January 27, 2015

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Think about It

• Do you have a sticky trait?
• What one skill or trait has persisted across the
  years to help you achieve what you have achieved?

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As people we know the human side is important
to gaining our support and sustaining it.

• Does that understanding carry over to our
  role as leaders?
• Not all leaders have titles.

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Leading and Leading by Convening

• Many want to be more inclusive in their
  leadership style
• There are specific behaviors that advance or are
  constrain engagement
• We can learn to be aware of and change those
  behaviors
• Engagement is a habit that can be cultivated!
• Leading by Convening A Blueprint for Authentic
  Engagement is designed to convey the lessons
  learned over 15 years

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Convening as a New Discipline

• Convening is
• More than a meeting
• More than facilitation
• The beginning of a relationship focused on
  practice change

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Persistent Challenges

• Technical Challenge
• Requires information, knowledge or tools
• Adaptive (Relationship) Challenges
• Requires understanding and a willingness to make
  behavior changes
• Source Heifetz and Linsky, Leadership on
  the Line, 2002

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The Leadership Challenge

• Learning that technical solutions are necessary
  but often not sufficient
• Knowing when a persistent problem needs a
  adaptive (relationship) solution
• Building adaptive (relationship) skills as a part
  of strategy

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Leading by Convening Framework for Authentic
Engagement
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• Lets look at the tools for Coalescing
• Four Simple Questions
• Meet the Stakeholders

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Four Simple Questions

• Who cares about this issue and why?
• What work is already underway separately?
• What shared work could unite us?
• How can we deepen our connections?

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Meet the Stakeholders
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Relevant Participation Has Several FacesRange,
Frequency, and Role

• Range
• Power differential
• Supporters and critics
• Players at different levels of scale
• Frequency
• Episodic or ongoing
• Predictable interaction, sufficient to build
  relationships
• Often enough for stakeholders to take roles
• Role
• Fixed or shared leadership roles
• Everybody comes as a learner

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• Lets look at the tools for Relevant
  Participation
• Engaging Everybody

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Engaging Everybody
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• Lets look at the tools for Doing Work Together
• Problems Come Bundled

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Problems Come Bundled
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Leading by Convening means we..

• Meet people where they are on the issue.
• Bring people together to build support for
  addressing the issue.
• Convene the stakeholders to discover why this is
  important and how it will improve practice.
• Translate complex challenges into ways that
  individuals can contribute.
• Help people lead in place regardless of role,
  position, or title.
• Create new knowledge together.
• Solve complex issues that need the various
  perspectives/aspects that contribute to
  problems/solutions.
• Build a personal commitment to working in this
  way because we believe inclusive work is better
  and more sustainable work.
• Cultivate the habit of collaboration.
• Integrate collaboration into the identity of the
  group and the individual.

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• Lets look at the tools for Doing Work Together
• Measuring Progress

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Measuring Progress Qualitative Rubrics to
Quantitative Comparisons
Leading by Convening Bringing It All Together
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When People Change...Systems Change.Be the
change!

• Give Value First

• Your Brand