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Improving Outcomes for Children Youth and Families Trough Sustainable Systems Changes

Improving Outcomes for Children Youth and Families Trough Sustainable Systems Changes. Midwest Implementation Center Regional Forum Chicago, Illinois. Leadership in Change. Times are challenging Have they ever been easy For us- never Where are the leaders from Why do they do this

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Improving Outcomes for Children Youth and Families Trough Sustainable Systems Changes

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  1. Improving Outcomes for Children Youth and Families Trough Sustainable Systems Changes Midwest Implementation Center Regional Forum Chicago, Illinois

  2. Leadership in Change • Times are challenging • Have they ever been easy • For us- never • Where are the leaders from • Why do they do this • What are the challenges • How do we address them

  3. Pick the Battles • Know where you’re going • Decide early and stick with ‘em • Vision, Mission, Values and Principles • More than that • What will it look like when you leave • It is the items that are possible • Have lasting impact

  4. Mine Were/Are • Training- public partnership • Staff expansion- statutory 12 & 17 • Regionalization- Statutory • Practice reform- identified and engrained • Doing it right and well- 30, 30, 30 • Call Center • Advocacy for next leader

  5. In These Times • Look at the next year, plan the next 5 • Theory of small wins- incremental • Be innovative- find a bottleneck: FIX IT • Be out front and open • Find new partners and cultivate • Understand the local finances • Focus on staff

  6. Focus on Staff • This CHANGE is when people in the field believe in what we are trying to do • Understand resistance to change • Know organizational behavior • Understand your role is to influence people • Understand new worker mentality • Understand how to motivate

  7. This really is About Workforce • Can’t work on the margins- out front • External relationships • Follow the data • Know Caseload, outcomes, CFSR, • Be visible, available, approachable • Work with distance communication • Travel, travel, travel • Teach, motivate, guide, show, instill, reward

  8. Targets • New staff • Experienced staff • Supervisors • Immediate reports • Legislature • Media • Executive officer • Partners

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