THIS WORKSHOP COMING TO
September 30-October 1 | Austin, TX
Transformational Leadership in State and Local Government: Agenda
Our Times Call for New Leadership
- Bureaucratic leadership had its day, but it’s still with us
- A new leadership paradigm: managing for results, reinvention, innovation, and transformation
- “Leveraged government:” we can accomplish more with partners
New Times, New Demands, New Leadership
- Many of the traditional qualities hold: focus, courage, decisiveness, initiative, constancy, optimism
- A new suite of talents and skills
- Leaders at all levels of your organization; positional authority vs. earned authority
- Patience and the “flywheel” effect; values and integrity
- Necessary qualities of leaders, NOT: charismatic, brilliant, visionary, or well-liked
Your 21st Century Leadership Toolkit: Performance, Accountability, Innovation, and Results
- A sense of urgency; good is the enemy of great
- Vision, mission, values: it’s not what’s on paper that counts
- Customer-driven, results focus; big, measurable goals,
- Performance measurement; recognition and rewards
- Alignment for performance; systems thinking
- Partnerships; horizontal vs. vertical; stakeholder mapping
- Government Innovation, not an oxymoron
- Communications, after-action reviews
The Politics of Transformation
Transformation ethics; avoiding the potential for abuse
It’s All About People, Including You
- Leadership’s most important task: attracting and nurturing the best people
- “If you tend the relationships, the work will get done”
- The ultimate leadership challenge: self-leadership