collaborative leadership national pta diversity committee
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Collaborative LeadershipNational PTA Diversity Committee
Session Goals
• To define Collaborative Leadership & how it ties to Servant Leadership
• Identify what it takes to be a Collaborative Leader
• Identify challenges and ethical issues• Learn about collaborative decision-making• Identify and assess assets and partners
DefinitionsWhat it Is, What it Takes & Challenges
WHAT IS COLLOBORATIVE LEADERHSIP?
1. Leadership of a Collaborative Effort
• Leader or convener of a collaboration
2. Leading Collaboratively• A way of leading that
embraces a collaborative approach
2 VIEWS2 VIEWS
Source Community Tool Box
Qualities: Collaborative & Servant Leadership• Leads the process; not the people• Promotes a sense of community • An attitude of service • Inspires honesty, courage, empathy, joyfulness, & love• Active listener; paying attention• Sees the “whole”• Caring vs controlling (shared power)• Finding meaning• Uses personal vs positional power
Common ThreadsCommon Threads
Personal vs Positional Power
Personal- Ability to create
- Power as the result of
- Ability to be direct,
Positional- Power as result of
placement
- Power to reward or
Source Linda Moore: Release from Powerlessness
Practicing Collaborative Leadership
• Help set norms• Ensures everyone is heard• Encourages & model
inclusiveness• Makes real connections• Helps identify and obtain
necessary resources• Creates mechanisms to
solicit input
• Mediates conflict / disputes• Adheres to an open process• Keeps focus on what’s best
for the community/customer vs individual self-interest
• Maintains collaborative problem-solving & decision-making
Source Community Tool Box
Building Consensus
Decision-Making
KEY ELEMENTS COLLABORATION
InclusivenessInclusiveness
Shared AccountabilityShared Accountability
Asset FocusedAsset Focused
Shared Power &Resources
Shared Power &Resources
Shared OutcomesShared Outcomes
Shared VisionShared Vision
Comprehensive StrategiesComprehensive Strategies
CommitmentCommitment
Shared InformationShared Information
LEVELS OF GROUP DECISION MAKING METHODS
• Autonomous/ Unilateral
• Delegation
• Consultive
• Democratic
• ConsensusSource Material: NCJW Institute
• All members have been heard, fully, frankly & respectfully
• All views have been considered without prejudice
• All relevant information has been shared
• Members are willing to sacrifice personal goals for the sake of the group
• Members support the decision fully and implement as if it was their own decision
CONSENSUS IS ACHIEVED WHEN…
ChallengesIssues Ethics
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What Are the Challenges?
1) At your table discuss the challenges of being a collaborative leader and/or in collaborating
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Challenges
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Ethical Issue or Challenges
• Mission Drift• Dishonest about organizational agenda/bottom lines• Making decisions for a partner or customer (not with) • Lack of financial responsibility• Not following agreed upon roles• Not supporting agreed upon decisions• Excluding key stakeholders in the decision-making process• Collaboration on paper, only
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Setting the collaborative tableIdentifying & Assessing Assets & Partners
Assets
• Formal:Traditional organizations, services, partners, people
• Informal:Non-traditional organizations, services, partners, people
What does
mean to you?
Defining Value Added
1) Is there value added if we engage in the relationship?
2) What conditions need to be in place for this to be a mutually beneficial relationship?
3) In what ways could we partner (how) that would maximize value being added?
4) What barriers may prevent participation of a potential partner?
5) Is their support key to the success of a partnership?
6) Pebble dropped in a pond Who else is affected by the changes?
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Value Added: Questions to ask
