2. 20 TH April 2007 Professor Dennis Tourish Aberdeen Business School E-mail: D.J.Tourish@rgu.ac.uk CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPING LEADERS

3. On 9 August 2003 there were 12,963 books on Leadership, e.g., 1 per day = 35 years worth of reading (including weekends) 21,698 on 19 th April, 2007 = 59.4 years (300 more since Feb. 2007!)

4. One view of Leadership – Miracles – Twice daily

5. SIX ROLES OF THE LEADER? Reality master Pioneer Change master Learning master Strategy master Value/culture master

8. DOES LEADING PEOPLE SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE THIS?

9. LEADERSHIP PARADOXES Ahead of consensus Dreaming the future Strategic Entrepreneurial Delegate Strong vision Give direction Succeed! Succeed! Succeed! Trusted Stresses delivery Operational Managing risk Accountable for failure Flexible/responsive Listen Model work/ life balance BUT

10. What are the leadership paradoxes to which you are exposed in the world of policing?

11. Where does it end?

12. Ingredients of leadership Knowledge (can be taught) Skills (can be honed through practice) Wisdom (requires the practice of leadership)

14. LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Are leaders born?

15. ALTERNATIVELY OR

16. FORMS OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT 360-degree appraisal BUT?

18. FORMS OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT Coaching Mentoring Formal training Job assignments Action learning Networking ‘You flunked maths again’.

19. WHAT GETS IN THE WAY? ‘Time. Money. And every other resource that you can think of!’ ‘A lack of clarity around that. A lack of appreciation of good leadership and the difference that it would make.’ ‘Lack of time. We are prepared to pay for development, we encourage it to happen but if people are so stretched, then they are not going to make time for career development.’

20. Routine activities Strategic thinking Fire-fighting What I like doing LowHigh The time distribution axis

21. SOME CHALLENGES Which model of leadership do we need? What are the key problems that the police service faces in growing leaders??? What forms of leadership development are current? How is their impact evaluated?

22. OTHER CHALLENGES Understanding self Understanding others Managing change ‘Change is good. You go first’ Dilbert Ingratiation Team building

24. “It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse”. Adlai Stevenson