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Collaborative Leadership

Collaborative Leadership. “Get Your Heads Together”. “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” --- Albert Schweitzer. Leadership vs. Power. Leadership Types.

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Collaborative Leadership

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  1. Collaborative Leadership “Get Your Heads Together”

  2. “I don’t know what your destiny will be, but one thing I do know: the only ones among you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to serve.” --- Albert Schweitzer

  3. Leadership vs. Power

  4. Leadership Types • Situational • Servant

  5. Power [pou-er] • Ability to do or act; capability of doing or accomplishing something. • Great or marked ability to do or act; strength; might; force. • The possession of control or command over others; authority; ascendancy

  6. Personal Power Bases • Coercive Power • Connection Power • Expert Power • Information Power • Legitimate Power • Referent Power • Reward Power

  7. Becoming a Leader What Causes People to Act?

  8. Collaborate [kuh-lab-uh-reyt] A mutually beneficial and well-definedrelationship entered into by two or more organizations to achieve common goals. ---Amerst H. Wilder Foundation

  9. Collaboration • Why? • Shared Concern • Pool Power • Overcome Gridlock (“get unstuck”) • Add Diversity • Increase Ability to Handle Complex Problems

  10. Context for Collaboration • Identify the problem • Understand what makes leadership difficult • Identify stakeholders • Assess extent of stakeholder agreement • Evaluate a community’s capacity for change • Identify where the problem/issue can be most effectively addressed ---Chrislip and Larson “Collaborative Leadership: How Citizens and Civic Leaders Can Make a Difference”

  11. Identify the Problem

  12. Identify the Problem Problem Solution Primary Locus Definition of Work Type I Clear Clear Leader Type II Clear Unclear Leader/Constituents Type III Unclear Unclear Constituents

  13. What Makes Leadership Difficult in a Collaborative?

  14. Identify Stakeholders • Perspective • Interests • Implementation • Cause and/or Effect • Creating Change

  15. Assessing Stakeholder Agreement Have stakeholders agreed…

  16. Evaluating the Community’sCapacity for Change • To what degree is there conflict, mistrust, and disunity among stakeholders? • Do the skills necessary for collaboration exist in the community? If yes, to what degree? • Are there leaders with credibility and respect to bring together stakeholders to address the issue? Who are they? Will they get involved?

  17. Evaluating the Community’sCapacity for Change (cont.) • Are there citizens with the leadership capabilities to initiate and sustain a collaborative process? Who are they? • Are there people or groups in the community with expertise to design and facilitate the collaborative process? • Are there people or groups who can provide the information necessary to make good decisions? Who are they? If they do not exist within the community, what are other sources for this information?

  18. Where Can Key Issues Be Addressed Most Effectively? • Neighborhood • Community • City • County • Region • State

  19. Collaboration • Other Factors to Consider: • Understanding • Expectations • Trust • Commitment

  20. The Principles of Collaborative Leadership • Inspire commitment and action • Lead as peer problem solver • Build broad-based involvement • Sustain hope and participation

  21. Collaborative Leadership • Leadership Actions • Environment • Risk taking • Relationships • Challenging

  22. The “F” Word: FAILURE

  23. Barriers to Developing Collaborative Leadership • Skills • Personality types • Governance and politics • Culture “…yet the timing is not always right, nor the ingredients in place for a successful collaborative effort.” ---Paul Mattessich, “Can This Collaboration Be Saved?”

  24. The Binding Element: Trust Trust each other again and again. When the trust level gets high enough, people transcend apparent limits, discovering new and awesome abilities for which they were previously unaware. ---David Armistead

  25. Keys to Successful Collaboration: A Summary • Good timing • Strong stakeholder group • Broad-based involvement • Overcoming mistrust • Clear need • Credibility • Open process

  26. Keys to Successful Collaboration: A Summary (cont.) • Commitment/involvement of high-level, visible leaders • Support or acquiescence of “established” authorities • Strong leaders of the process • A shift to broader concerns • Interim success

  27. Visualizing a Collaborative

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