Rethinking leadership webinar program 1, 8, 15, 22 March, 2022 How can leadership thrive in the 21st century's volatility, uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity? How can teamwork be more joyful and productive? This webinar program replaces the "Rethinking leadership" experiential workshop. Initially in response to Covid-19, it also offers the material to a wider audience. For further details contact Bob Dick, bd (at) bigpond.net.au

This is a program for people who wish to learn how to lead teams, organisations and communities into a less-predictable future -- with or without formal authority. Conventional ways of thinking about leadership distract us from recognising some of the promising newer forms of leadership.  There are approaches to leadership which better equip us to cope with future uncertainty and change.  They also offer a probability of increased performance and enjoyment. Who? Leaders who recognise that the world is changing, and wish to adopt ways better suited to the likely future.  Leaders who wish to improve their own and their team's ability to respond to the unexpected with resilience and responsiveness.  And people who wish to help other leaders and colleagues to do so: executives   team leaders at all levels of an organisation   people who wish to provide leadership without formal authority   team members in shared-leadership teams  people in the 'people and culture' function of an organisation   people in the 'organisation development' function of an organisation   people in the 'learning and development' function of an organisation   consultants and change agents   anyone who wishes to understand and prepare for dealing more effectively with complex situations and problems.   ...  people whose work includes helping teams and groups to perform more effectively and enjoyably in turbulent times, and would like to become even more effective at it. When is it? March 1, 8, 15, and 22, 2022; 6:30-8:30 pm Brisbane time, using the Zoom virtual platform. Where? From the convenience and comfort of your own workplace, office or home. What? Skills, concepts, processes and techniques for facilitative and shared leadership.  There is likely to be particular attention to understanding the paradigm shift taking place in our organisations and social systems, and being prepared for it. Specific topics may include a selection from the following (as negotiated with participants): understanding and diagnosing the benefits of facilitative or shared leadership   judging when teams have the maturity and skills to benefit from facilitative leadership and greater autonomy   developing team members to assume more leadership within the team   how to take a team on the journey from traditional teamwork to being ready to work in more flexible and responsive (and joyful) ways   becoming a custodian and curator of the team culture and climate, to maintain and enhance the new ways of working, without undermining team initiative   processes and techniques for redesigning the work of the team participatively, using such techniques as work redesign, role clarification, and role negotiation   collaborative approaches to performance management that share the responsibility for leadership and performance with team members   the organisational structures that encourage and support more facilitative and shared leadership   the change in planning, problem solving and sense-making needed when the complexity or turbulence of a situation exceeds certain limits   how to manage upwards, so that teams have the resources and support they need to perform, enjoyably, at their best. Action research and facilitative leadership principles and processes are used to fine tune the workshop as it progresses. There will be opportunities to plan for implementation within your own organisation and work.  Some detailed processes may also be practised. How? Participants will help to determine the process and content of the workshop.  Subject to this negotiation they can anticipate an involving process which provides an integrated mix of theory, discussion and practice.  There will be small group work to help participants consolidate the skills, techniques and concepts. Participants may ask for pre-work to help them prepare for the workshop and obtain the most from it. Facilitator? The program facilitator is Bob Dick, a Brisbane-based educator, learning facilitator, consultant, mentor, and coach.  His reputation in these fields is based on almost five decades of education, consulting and facilitation experience in a variety of settings. Those of you who are familiar with his work will know that his style is casual and participative, his processes robust and learnable, and his documentation clear, readable and practical.  His workshops are characterised by an integration of theory and practice, with equal emphasis on the development of skills and understanding.  The processes and models he helps others learn are those which he makes use of in his own work. Fees? The fee for the 4-webinar program is $550.00 payable in advance, or $440.00 if received 4 weeks in advance of the first webinar.  All prices quoted are in Australian dollars and include GST. Cancellations will result in a 90 per cent refund if received at least 9 days before the first webinar, and a 50 per cent refund if received 48 hours before the first webinar.  Alternatively, participants who are unable to attend are welcome to substitute someone else -- for the program as a whole, or for any webinar. A limited number of half-price bursaries may be available for those genuinely unable to pay the full fee, or other arrangements may be possible.  If you're interested in the workshop, and the fees are an obstacle, we're keen to find a way of helping you to attend. We're keen to encourage team attendance, which provides better learning transfer for participants.  If you attend as a member of a team of two or more from a single organisation there is a further $110 discount per person.   Such teams may also request a virtual session before and/or after the workshop, to plan application on the job of what they have learned. Contact Bob Dick for further details or to discuss other possibilities. To register Telephone Camilla at +617 3378 5365 to arrange a direct bank transfer or to charge your attendance to your Visa or MasterCard.  Or print out and complete the subscription form, and mail, email or fax it to Interchange, +617 3878 4338.  For security we recommend payment by direct bank transfer.

Negotiate your own in-house workshop If you would prefer to have a workshop specifically designed to meet your particular needs, and run for you in your organisation or community, Interchange would be delighted to do that.  Important advantages of in-house and in-community workshops include their relevance (we fine-tune them to your needs), their greater ease of application to real local issues, and the opportunity to plan for transfer of learning to the job.

Interchange    37 Burbong Street  Chapel Hill  Queensland  4069    Australia Telephone +617 3378 5365   Fax +617 3878 4338   email camilla@bigpond.net.au

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