LEADERSHIP FOR MODERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

1. LEADERSHIP FOR MODERN LOCAL GOVERNMENT

2. “BE TRUE TO YOURSELF; PEOPLE WILL FOLLOW THE TRUTH” LEADERSHIP Challenge Characteristics Context Bratislava Regional Center

3. “LEADERSHIP FOR CHANGE IS NOT ABOUT DRIVING FROM THE TOP” What is the difference? Leadership Management Leadership Bratislava Regional Center

4. “Power is mastery, not domination” • Power source from position: • Role • Use of coercion • Use of reward • Power source from self: • Expertise • Personal qualities • Connection abilities Bratislava Regional Center

5. “Power is desirable, dangerous, risky” • Power is not leadership • Power resides in relationships • Power can generate power • Power can generate powerlessness • Power is unequally distributed What is your preferred source of power? Bratislava Regional Center

6. LEADERSHIP MEANS RISK COURAGE…..balanced with……CAUTION ↓ ↓ not not ↓ ↓ RECKLESSNESS COWARDICE What is your approach to managing risk? Bratislava Regional Center

7. “Hierarchy and bureaucracy do not release the energies of staff” LEADERSHIP PROMOTES VALUES • Learning from mistakes • Sharing good practice • Valuing diversity • Challenging existing practice • Asking penetrating questions Bratislava Regional Center

8. THE ORGANISATION ICEBERG processes roles and titles policies procedures structures ABOVE ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ BELOW styles values personal aspirations loyalties relationships networks hopes rumours attitudes feelings Bratislava Regional Center

9. LEADERSHIP MEANS INNOVATION • Supporting managers in taking risks • Gathering new ideas • Using diverse teams • Learning from mistakes • Sharing knowledge of what works • Challenging colleagues about practices • Appreciating the efforts of others Bratislava Regional Center

10. LEADERSHIP MEANS PARTNERSHIP • Bringing in new expertise • Extending range of services • Raising quality of services • Making better use of specialised knowledge • Ensuring local services are joined up • Tackling tough challenges • Managing demand better Bratislava Regional Center

11. What is their view of the issue? What would they like to see in the future? Are you ready to face this challenge? LEADERSHIP IS ABOUT ENGAGING INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL STAKEHOLDERS Bratislava Regional Center

12. FROM LEADERSHIP TO FACILITATION Leadership is: • Taking a long term view • Pointing out the challenge to be faced Facilitation is: • Helping people to see their own future • Relating the challenge to individuals in their work and attitudes Bratislava Regional Center

13. WHAT IS THE PRACTICE OF LEADERSHIP? • Exercising power • Giving purpose • Living with risk • Networking • Facilitating • Challenging the status quo • Harnessing energy Bratislava Regional Center

14. LEADING YOURSELF “When things go wrong, a good leader looks in the mirror. When things go well, a good leader looks out of the window” Bratislava Regional Center

15. “Fish rots from the head” “Modern political power is not about being there but about doing something’ “Men see things as they are and ask ‘why?’; I dream of things that never were and say ‘why not?’” “There go my people; I must follow them, for I am their leader” Bratislava Regional Center