20 th april 2007 professor dennis tourish aberdeen business school e-mail: [email protected]...
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20TH April 2007
Professor Dennis TourishAberdeen Business SchoolE-mail: [email protected]
CHALLENGES OF DEVELOPING LEADERS
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 19th April, 2007 = 59.4 years (300 more since Feb. 2007!)
One view of Leadership –
Miracles –Twice daily
SIX ROLES OF THE LEADER?
Reality master Pioneer Change master Learning master Strategy master Value/culture
master
DOES LEADING PEOPLE SOMETIMES FEEL LIKE THIS?
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
BUT
BUT
BUT
BUT
BUT
BUT
BUT
What are the leadership paradoxes to which you are exposed in theworld of policing?
Where does itend?
Ingredients of leadership
Knowledge (can be taught)
Skills (can be honed through practice)
Wisdom (requires thepractice of leadership)
LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Are leaders born?
ALTERNATIVELY
OR
FORMS OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
360-degree appraisal
BUT?
FORMS OF LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT
Coaching Mentoring Formal training Job assignments Action learning Networking
‘You flunked maths again’.
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.’
Routineactivities
Strategicthinking
Fire-fighting
What I like doing
Low High
HighThe time distribution axis
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?
OTHER CHALLENGES
Understanding self Understanding others Managing change‘Change is good. You go first’ Dilbert Ingratiation Team building
“It’s hard to lead a cavalry charge if you think you look funny on a horse”.
Adlai Stevenson