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Going Beyond Partnership Martyn Allison Leadership Convention St George’s Park, November 13-14 Management Improvement Services Ltd
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Transcript of Going beyond partnership by Martyn Allison
Going Beyond Partnership
Martyn Allison
Leadership ConventionSt George’s Park, November 13-14
Management Improvement Services Ltd
The Hypothesis…..
Partnership working is a tool that is no longer adequate for the challenges we will face in the future. To succeed we must strive to go beyond simple models of partnership to embrace concepts of collaborative leadership. This step change will require significant changes in attitude & behaviour.
Exercise 1
Write down the positive characteristics of partnership working in one or two words.
Words write down the negative characteristics of partnership working in one or two words.
Collaborative working…?
Low High
Competing
Accomodating Avoiding
CollaboratingH
ow
far
I t r
y t
o m
eet
my o
bj e
c ti v
es
How far I try to meet other people’s objectives
High
Why do we need a different approach…?• Achieving better outcomes does not fit with short term actions
it needs long term sustainable behaviour change• Health improvement is a complex issue• We have a rich but complex range of competing providers of
sport and physical activity.• We have capacity and capability shortfalls• Personal and group behaviour can undermine partnership• Organisations and people change frequently • Funding is reducing and will remain limited
Who are your strategic partners……….…?
Clinical commissioning Groups
Volunteers
Local communityMedia
Councillors
Funding bodies
Directors of public health
Social enterprisesLocal businesses
National lottery
Clubs
Councils
Faith groups
Schools
NGBsCSPs
How do you need to engage with them………….
High POWER
Low
IN
TE
RE
ST
Low POWER
Hig
h IN
TE
RE
ST
Exercise 2
1. Make a list of the key stakeholders involved in the delivery of sport and physical activity in your area
2. As a group allocate them in the four quadrants in terms of their level of interest as well as the power they wield
How well do you understanding them………..
Likely to let it happen
Likely to make it happen
Medium
High
Medium
Low
Medium
Low
Power and Influence Impact of Change
Reaction Support for Change
HighLow
HighUnsure
Building a collaborative relationship with them……..
High POWER
Low
IN
TE
RE
ST
Low POWER
Hig
h IN
TE
RE
STHigh power – low Interest
KEEP SATISFIED
High power – high Interest
KEY PLAYER
low power – low Interest
MINIMUM EFFORTLow power – high Interest
KEEP INFORMED
Two meanings of collaboration………
Collaboration – " the action of working with someone to produce something"
Collaboration – " traitorous cooperation with the enemy ”
What is collaborative leadership?…
The capacity to influence people, by means of personal attributes and/or behaviours, to achieve a common goal.
Collaborative Leadership………
" a collaboration is a purposeful relationship in which all parties strategically choose to cooperate in order to accomplish a shared outcome."
You are a collaborative leader once you have accepted responsibility for building - helping to ensure the success of- a heterogeneous team to accomplish a shared purpose"
Hank Rubin - President of the institute of collaborative leadership.
Characteristics of collaborative leadership…• A focus on shared vision & outcomes rather than individual goals• A focus on interrelationships & inter-dependencies rather than individual
roles & responsibilities• A focus on reducing duplication & overlap and identifying & filling gaps
in the system• A focus on joined-up approaches rather than individual strategies & plans• A focus on mutual accountability & sharing responsibility for success &
failure• A focus on mutual respect, trust & valuing difference & diversity• A focus on sharing risks & rewards as well as funding• A focus on sharing capacity & capability and improving it• A focus on sharing knowledge, information & learning
The PiiSA framework….
P- Clarity of PURPOSE & roles
ii- Influence and be influenced
S- Structures and systems that are fit for purpose
A- Capacity and resources to take ACTION
Taken from Making Partnerships Better. https://www.sportengland.org/media/93472/making-partnerships-work-better.pdf
Original text supplied by Greengage consulting.
