The
Supervisory Unit/State of Alaska, Labor Management Committee sponsored a one day
workshops featuring Peter and Susan Glaser. Their workshop was entitled:
collaborative leadership
Most government organizations understand that moving from good to great depends
on bringing people together to deliver seamless service to citizens. This means
creating a culture where people are involved in offering suggestions and input
about their work, bridging silos, and developing the next generation of leaders.
What’s needed now is not more communication, but higher quality facilitation,
consensus building, and collaborative problem solving. For the last 30 years,
the Glasers have been providing local government leaders with the primary
ingredients that fuel successful dialogue, deliberative discourse, thoughtful
engagement, and creative problem solving.
In Collaborative
Leadership, you learn
research based, field tested skills to:
· BUILD
agreement, coalition, and support from divergent positions.
· AVOID
pitfalls which polarize and torpedo creative thinking.
· CREATE
a meeting climate free from personal attack, wheel spinning, and negativity.
· FACILITATE
meetings that generate involvement from everyone.
· IMPLEMENT
a model that keeps comments both brief and persuasive.
· BALANCE
input from the dominating and quiet people. .
· APPLY
a five-step problem-solving approach that crafts agreements which convert to
action.
The workshop was offered in Juneau on May 3, Anchorage - May 4, and Fairbanks -
May 5, 2010.