1. The Strategic Leadership Network William E. Smith PhD Elizabeth Davis PhD The Strategic Leadership Network William E. Smith PhD Elizabeth Davis PhD Collaborative Expedition Workshop #33 June 23, 2004 Centered in YOU The Strategic Leader Centered in YOU The Strategic Leader

2. Individual Strategy (S) Network (N) Leader (L) SLN Leadership Framework Organization Community Traits Transformation Situation

3. STRATEGY Peer to Peer Relationships IDEALS Be of Service to the Region GOAL This Year - Discovery SLN Program Philosophy Organization Community Individual Control Influence Appreciation

4. PHASE 1 – APPRECIATE THE WHOLE Oct – Nov – Dec 2003 Uncover sources of difference – unconscious and conscious –e.g. archetypes-male and female- Ruth Axelrod Understand culture as the container for the whole – Mark Hughes Discovery Culture Difference Open up to discover possibilities and realities beyond the current frame - Susan Turnbull

5. Discovery Culture Strategic Models Strategic Relations PHASE II – RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE PARTS Jan- Feb - Mar 2004 Difference Strategic Forms Review alternative approaches – Jerome Paige Engage with stakeholders to learn and influence – Dan Knight Formalization & Dynamics of Strategy – Kit Lisle

6. Strategic Models Strategic Relations Operations Getting it done with all this in mind- Tom Mc Keown Practice through service – NSF – Bill Smith Liz Davis PHASE III – CONTROL OF THE PARTS Apr – May - Jun 2004 Learning and Cross-Boundary Leadership – Elizabeth McDaniel Operational Integration Working Agreements

7. To Improve the Dialogue between Government and Networked Communities of Citizens to Deliver More Citizen-Centric Services Your Name Your Job Your Purpose or Interest PURPOSE IS THE SOURCE OF POWER PRESENTING PURPOSE YOUR PURPOSE

8. REALITIES We throw out “control” We throw out “influence” We work at the highest level of purpose for the situation We try to “appreciate” everything that could affect our ideals in terms of: IDEALS POTENTIAL In order to fully appreciate we: UNDERSTANDING APPRECIATION

9. IDEALS THE POTENTIAL THE HIGHEST LEVEL OF PURPOSE THE APPRECIATIVE PHASE Question 2 If you were able to use the full potential available to you to achieve your ideal what would it look like? Question 2 If you were able to use the full potential available to you to achieve your ideal what would it look like? Question 3 In order to achieve such outcomes, what are the key realities that you must face? Question 3 In order to achieve such outcomes, what are the key realities that you must face? THE REALITIES

10. THE NATURE OF APPRECIATION TO PRACTICE APPRECIATION Receive in silence – Express through art Listen without trying to influence or control Use your imagination (Art) to express appreciation Let each person have their own appreciation of the whole

11. Facilitators 1. Kass Kassenbaum2. Alex Pavlak 3. Sally Strackbein 4. Renee Lewis 5. Marsha Hughes-Rease 6. David S. Suh 7. Mark Frautschi8 Sarah E. Cogan

12. THE INFLUENCE PHASE Priority Areas Stakeholder Effects Question 4 Given all those realities and all that potential what do you believe are the key priority areas that we should work in order to bridge the gap between realities and potential?. Question 4 Given all those realities and all that potential what do you believe are the key priority areas that we should work in order to bridge the gap between realities and potential?. VALUES Question 5 In your priority areas who are the most important people involved (stakeholders) what is their purpose and how will they be affected by the choice of that priority Question 5 In your priority areas who are the most important people involved (stakeholders) what is their purpose and how will they be affected by the choice of that priority

13. THE NATURE OF INFLUENCE VALUES We Influence by: Challenging to gain better insights rather than to gain better positions Expressing fully our thoughts and feelings about priorities presented Engaging in a dynamic process of interchange that makes the best and worst possible outcomes evident to each part

14. F 2.1F 2.2 F 1.1 F 1.2F 1.3 Factor 1Factor 2 Factor 5 Factor 3 Factor 4 Priority Area THE INFLUENCE PHASE Priorities

15. Priority Area S 1.1 S 1.2S 1.3 THE INFLUENCE PHASE Stakeholders Stakeholder 5 Stakeholder 2 Stakeholder 4 S 3.1S 3.2 Stakeholder 1Stakeholder 3

16. THE NATURE OFCONTROL GOALS THE FUNCTION OF CONTROL Control consist of choosing the final form in which the purpose will be made manifest in the world. Control may take the form, for example, of an idea, a relationship, or a physical object. Acts of control change the world and create the need for re-appreciation.

17. THE NATURE OFCONTROL GOALS How to Control: Accept your constraints of appreciation, your options for influence and choose the best course of action for yourself, others and the whole List the activities you must control, influence and appreciate Reflect on how well they will achieve the purpose Act! – Control what you can, influence what you cannot and appreciate the rest!

18. ACTION PLANNING ACTIVITY WHEN WHERE HOW RESOURCES What I will Control What I need to Influence What I and others must Appreciate