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Exploring water leadership development Leadership for Water Security Wouter Lincklaen Arriëns

Exploring water leadership development Leadership for Water Security Wouter Lincklaen Arriëns 29 May 2013. Asian Water Development Outlook 2013. Provides the first quantitative and comprehensive analysis of water security on a country by country basis in the region

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Exploring water leadership development Leadership for Water Security Wouter Lincklaen Arriëns

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  1. Exploring water leadership development • Leadership for Water Security • Wouter Lincklaen Arriëns • 29 May 2013

  2. Asian Water Development Outlook 2013 • Provides the first quantitative and comprehensive analysis of water security on a country by country basis in the region • Examines all dimensions of water security from the household level to water-related disasters • Uses indicators and a scaling system to rank the progress of each of the 49 countries under assessment.

  3. AWDO 2013 Contributors 10 Knowledge centers working together

  4. Description of National Water Security Stages

  5. National Water Security in Asia and the Pacific Source: Asian Water Development Outlook 2013

  6. National Water Security and Governance Source: Asian Water Development Outlook 2013

  7. Individuals Enabling Environment Organizations Capacity Development Communities Partnerships

  8. From Rioto Reality Who’s taking the lead?

  9. How to increase Water Security? • Outcome of the IWRM process • Linked to food security and energy security • No organization can achieve it alone • Leadership and collective action are needed among government, private sector, and civil society

  10. What is IWRM? • IWRM is a process • that brings stakeholders together • to increase water security in river basins and cities • through win-win solutions • that are locally appropriate • and generate a triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental outcomes.

  11. IWRM crosses boundaries • Functions • Organizations • Expertise • Disciplines • Stakeholders • Cultures • Geographical locations • Leaders need to go beyond their traditional focus on managing and protecting boundaries, and exercise boundary-spanning leadership

  12. What is Leadership? The true measure of leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. - John Maxwell

  13. What is Leadership? What it takes to CHANGE or make a journey to a desired outcome: • A process of influence • Creating direction, alignment, and commitment

  14. Who can be a leader? Last century: People in positions of authority This century: Individuals at all levels Groups of people (teams, organizations, networks)

  15. Leadership Shifts • Leaders reach across boundaries • Non-executive younger leaders will influence collectively • Personal mastery empowers every leader’s transformation and results

  16. Imagine… You are a glass

  17. Adding skills Fill the glass with more water Training

  18. Developing leadership Become a bigger glass Transformation

  19. How is leadership developed? • The 70-20-10 rule: • 10% course work and training • 20% coaching and mentoring • 70% challenging assignments ‘on the job’ • with individual leadership development plan

  20. Competencies: 20 Years ago Most important competencies for leaders: Technical mastery Self-motivation / discipline Confidence Effective communication Resourcefulness Source: Centerfor Creative Leadership

  21. Competencies: Today Most important competencies for leaders: Self-motivation / discipline Effective communication Learning agility Multi-cultural awareness Adaptability / versatility Source: Centerfor Creative Leadership

  22. Competencies: 10 Years from now • Most important competencies for leaders: • Adaptability / versatility • Effective communication • Learning agility • Multi-cultural awareness • Self-motivation / discipline • Collaboration Source: Centerfor Creative Leadership

  23. Competencies: Timeless • Essential competencies for leaders: • Effective communication • Self-motivation / discipline Source: Centerfor Creative Leadership

  24. Mindset matters • Leadership is not a science or art, it is a state of consciousness. • Chatterjee (1998)

  25. Leadership and awareness We see the world, not as it is, but as we are, or as we are conditioned to see it. - Stephen Covey

  26. World view and leadership style World Leadership View Style Integral Integral Postmodern Collaborative Modern Strategic Traditional Authoritarian Imperial Autocratic

  27. Expanding our view Cultural Fit + Functional Fit

  28. Taking an integral view

  29. Recommendations • Water security needs leaders and leadership • Modern approach to water leadership development combines transformational development with knowledge and skills • We can enable individual and collective leadership at all levels… • Example: Water Leadership Program created by the International WaterCentre in Brisbane: www.watercentre.org/leadership

  30. Purpose of 5th Symposium Thankyouforyourattention. Wouter Lincklaen Arriëns Asian Development Bank wlincklaenarriens@adb.org

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