Understanding collaborative leadership

Overview of the day Introduction and overview 12.45Understanding collaboration and collaborative leadership 13.30Establishing the characteristics of collaborative leadership Understanding the characteristics of collaborative leadership 15.00Tea/coffee 15.15Moving to action Next steps 16.30Close SLG4_workshop_presentation2

Housekeeping and ground rules Time keeping Mobile phones Confidentiality Fire and safety points Valuing contributions 3SLG4_workshop_presentation

Workshop aim: To develop an understanding of collaborative planning and leadership necessary for effective implementation To deepen your understanding of the characteristics of collaborative leadership To reflect on your collaborative leadership practice To explore a challenge in your partnership and plan an action to address it To share experiences with other partnership members Plan actions as needed 4SLG4_workshop_presentation

Understanding collaboration and collaborative leadership Session aims: To develop your understanding of: why collaborate? what are the challenges of collaboration? what is collaborative leadership? 5SLG4_workshop_presentation

Understanding collaboration and collaborative leadership Task Discuss the questions and flipchart your responses Why collaborate? What are the challenges of collaboration? What is collaborative leadership? (20 mins) Present your responses to the whole group. 6SLG4_workshop_presentation

Common bases of collaborative advantage Access to resources Shared risk Efficiency Co-ordination and seamlessness Learning The moral imperative (Source: Huxham and Vangen 2005) 7SLG4_workshop_presentation

Themes in collaborative practice Common aims Communication & language Culture Accountability Working processes Resources Democracy & equality Risk Trust Commitment & determination Power Compromise Identity Social capital LeadershipLearningSuccess Membership structures Practitioner generated themes Source: Vangen & Huxham 2005: 38 8 SLG4_workshop_presentation

What is collaborative leadership? “Collaborative leadership embraces a process in which individual leaders from different organisations come together for a shared purpose and work collaboratively to deliver the very best learning opportunities and outcomes for young people.” (CEL/NCSL Steering Group: 2007) “Collaborative leadership is leadership shown by a group that is acting collaboratively to solve agreed upon issues. It uses supportive and inclusive methods to ensure that all people affected by a decision are part of the change process. It requires a new notion of power…the more power we share, the more power we have to use.” (From NCSL VLE) “Building the capacity of the whole system, making it possible for others to invest their leadership, creating the space for the discovery of new solutions, being willing to let go of tenaciously held short term goals in the interests of the whole- all these will be important in developing good leadership systems. “ (Goss: 2007) 9SLG4_workshop_presentation

Establishing the characteristics of collaborative leadership Session aims To establish priorities for collaborative leadership To use the characteristics of collaborative leadership to identify the causes of a challenge in your partnership 10SLG4_workshop_presentation

Establishing priorities for collaborative leadership Task In groups, use flip chart paper to draw the learner journey and identify all stages from marketing to completion and award. Identify on the journey where activity is well developed and potential areas of difficulty. Identify your priorities for collaborative leadership. (20 mins) Explain the priorities identified by your group. Find out about the priorities identified by other groups.(10mins) 11SLG4_workshop_presentation

Identifying the causes of your partnership challenge Task Individually, refer back to the learner journey and identify a challenge in your partnership (10 mins) In pairs, identify which of the characteristics are causing the challenge in your partnership (10 mins) 12SLG4_workshop_presentation

Understanding the characteristics of collaborative leadership Session aims To explore key characteristics of collaborative leadership: purpose and vision; culture; trust; power To share learning to deepen understanding of your partnership challenge 13SLG4_workshop_presentation

Exploring the key characteristics of collaborative leadership Task In pairs or threes discuss the leadership behaviour and activities needed to: share purpose and vision develop collaborative culture build trust manage power (15 mins) Share your learning with the whole group to deepen your understanding of your partnership challenge. (10 mins) Individually, clarify the underlying characteristics of your partnership challenge and note your ideas on how to tackle it. (10 mins) 14SLG4_workshop_presentation

Moving to action Session aims To reflect on collaborative leadership practice and identify personal learning To plan action to strengthen collaborative leadership 15SLG4_workshop_presentation

Next steps Session 5 aims To identify next steps To review the day 16SLG4_workshop_presentation

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