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.