D&R Leaders Session #1

This is our session plan for the first meeting of D&R Leaders. D&R is the Digital & Resources directorate at Adur & Worthing Councils, led by Paul Brewer @pdbrewer.

In the session, we created a purpose statement for the group and explored what we might do together over the next 12 months and beyond.

Transcript

1. Welcome to D&R Leaders
2. Agenda • Opening Paul • Getting to know Amy • How is my team seen Amy • Two top priorities Amy • Purpose Paul • Shared Challenges Amy • Future sessions Paul
3. What is he missing? Who is he leaving for dust? Why? Does this make *any* sense?!
4. Golden thread thinking Heroic leadership Does this really reflect reality? Do the followers really get to contribute their talent and creativity?
5. It’s all a bit messier in reality, but collaboration done well amplifies our collective impact We are more satisfied and more willing to contribute
7. • Platform Groups • Leadership Lab • Leadership College • D&R Meetups • D&R Leaders What groups are now running?
8. Get into pairs and answer one of following questions: • Where do you come in sibling order and how has that shaped you? • What’s something you’ve always wanted to do/learn and why? • Where do you feel most at ease? Icebreakers
9. What is your service? In service groups, you have 10 minutes to draw, create or write something creative which communicates… - How you see yourself - How others see you
10. Rapid fire questions You have two minutes to share with someone: - Your two current priorities - A challenge you’re working on
11. PURPOSE STATEMENTS HP “to foster the human capacity to innovate and progress”. Ella’s Kitchen to create healthy eating habits that will last a lifetime”.
12. Exploring our purpose as a group • What is leadership to you? • What do we as individuals and as a group need? • How might we lead our teams even better? • How might we update how other people see us? • What could we do together, practically?
13. Exploring purpose • A purpose statement should give rise to continual goal setting (it’s never “done”) • It should create an emotional response as well as a rational one • It should use plain language and be simple • It should be tangible, pragmatic and a not “motherhood and apple pie”
14. Group consultation Get into groups of four 3 minutes - one person explains a challenge they’ve got 5 minutes - the group has time to ask questions about the challenge (not ‘have you tried X’ but questions to better understand what’s going on) 7 minutes - the person turns around to face the other way and the group discusses their thoughts 3 minutes - the person turns back around and shares with there group what they’re going to take away from what they’ve heard
15. “We share challenges, knowledge and connections to build trust, break down barriers and innovate together” We created a purpose statement!
16. Thank you D&R Leaders