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The Future of Leadership Development Claire Reinelt, Ph.D. Leadership Learning Community National Public Health Leadership Development Conference April 28, 2010 Image Source: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/56/images/earth.jp
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A keynote catalyst presentation for the National Public Health Leadership Development Conference
Transcript of The Future Of Leadership Development
The Future of Leadership Development
Claire Reinelt, Ph.D. Leadership Learning Community
National Public Health Leadership Development ConferenceApril 28, 2010
Image Source: http://www.astrosociety.org/education/publications/tnl/56/images/earth.jpg
Our current approaches to leadership development will not enable us to reach the
scale of leadership we need to create the change we seek.
Where are we now in our leadership work and where do we need to be 10 years from now?
Where We Are NowWhere We Are Now
Individual Leader Development
Individual Skills and Knowledge
Strong Organizations
Community Results
Our current model is…
– Not scalable– Exclusive – Fragmented
Why Think Differently About Leadership?Why Think Differently About Leadership?
Where We Need to GoWhere We Need to Go
From Individuals to Groups…
Image and Quote Source: “A Reflection on How Social Networks Can Become a Powerful Tool To Meet Basic Needs and Build Momentum for Change”, The Diarist Project
The Promotora Institute
“The Promotora model is sort of the Peace Corps model based on local needs and local solutions, except that it is not the educated helping the ‘uneducated’. It’s the community helping itself.”
Asian Pacific American Legal Center
Angela Glover Blackwell (A Conversation on Boundary Crossing Leadership)
We live in the most multicultural, multiethnic society in the world, right here in California and we need to make certain that groups that share common issues,
but do not share common historical traditions, are able to work together.
We live in the most multicultural, multiethnic society in the world, right here in California and we need to make certain that groups that share common issues,
but do not share common historical traditions, are able to work together.
Image Source: http://www.youtube.com/user/APALCSoCal
Networked Devices + Connected People = Healthier Communities
Source: “The Future of Health is Social” Fast Company, Jennifer Kilian and Barbara Pantuso
From Organizations to Networks…
Image Source: http://www.flickr.com/photos/thefangmonster/ / CC BY 2.0
In a period of great uncertainty, the most difficult topics must be discussed. Dissenters who can provide crucial insights need to be protected from the organizational pressure to remain silent. Executives need to listen to unfamiliar voices and set the tone for candor and risk
taking.
In a period of great uncertainty, the most difficult topics must be discussed. Dissenters who can provide crucial insights need to be protected from the organizational pressure to remain silent. Executives need to listen to unfamiliar voices and set the tone for candor and risk
taking.
Ron Heifetz et. al (Harvard Business Review)
Leading in a (Permanent) Crisis
VS
Discovery of Genetic Sequence of SARS
WinnerWinner
Hierarchical, Highly Controlled Model Networked, Open Model
The value of collective leadership networks is in their capacity to solve problems quickly in an environment of uncertainty and complexity.
The value of collective leadership networks is in their capacity to solve problems quickly in an environment of uncertainty and complexity.
-- Watts 2004
Source: Social Networks for Social Change Presentation, The Monitor Institute, 2010
Leadership Roles in Networks
From Silos to Partnerships…
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African Public Health Leadership and Systems Innovation Initiative
Image Source: http://www.synergos.org/partnerships/publichealthnamibia.htm
A partnership between Synergos, McKinsey & Co., the Presencing Institute, and the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation to improve health performance in Namibia.
Composite: Maryland & Baltimore Students Assessed Fully Ready - Composite Score
2002 - 2008
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Leadership in Action Program
Improvement at the population level cannot be made by a single agency or organization but must be part of a cross-sector, public and private movement to achieve a given result using a new paradigm of performance management.
Improvement at the population level cannot be made by a single agency or organization but must be part of a cross-sector, public and private movement to achieve a given result using a new paradigm of performance management.
Jolie Bain Pillsbury et al. (Cross Sector Performance Accountability: Making Aligned Contributions to Improve Community Well-Being)
B-LAP Launched
Group Discussion:
How can we better leverage the power of groups, networks and partnerships to reach a radically different scale of health leadership?
• Focus on relationships
• Catalyze networks
• Partner for results
To Summarize…To Summarize…
Leadership for a New EraLeadership for a New Era
Inclusive, Networked & Collective Leadership
• Engaging 100+ participants
• 3 products: publications, assessment tools, interactive website & directories
• 4 topics: Leadership and Race, Leadership and Networks, Collective Leadership, Leadership Across Difference
Questions
• How is collaborative action catalyzed in networks?
• What design elements support leadership and self-organizing to emerge in networks?
• What is the inner work that leaders need to do to practice effective network leadership?
-- Connected: The Surprising Power of Our Social Networks and How They Shape Our Lives by Nicholas Christakis and James Fowler
