6. What does good leadership mean to you?
๏ผYouโve got a form
๏ผPlease write down what good leadership
means to you
๏ผAdd your name and contact details
๏ผIโll pull out one name later โ youโll win my
favourite leadership book
8. The challenges
๏ป Many of us only worked in environment of
growing resources
๏ป Poverty / fairness / impact of welfare reform
๏ป How we challenge decisions
๏ป Majority of LA cuts still to come
๏ป Youth unemployment
๏ป Doing more with less
๏ป Balancing needs of staff with those of our
beneficiaries
๏ป Blah...blah....blah
9. As leaders we must understand those
challenges
Leadership is about how we respond
to these challenges
NCVO Foresight, http://www.3s4.org.uk/drivers
11. Finally...10 reasons to be optimistic
6. Inaugural Pride of Tameside Volunteer and
Community Awards
7. Launch of Better Futures Tameside
8. Increase in Miles of Smile journeys and
positive feedback via passenger transport
survey
http://www.wordle.net/create
13. What does good leadership mean to you?
โGetting or helping people to succeed when they
thought they would failโ
โBeing brave in your convictions and
do the right thing despite riskโ
โListening and learning before leadingโ
โTaking people with you, not taking
people down because of youโ
14. What does good leadership mean to you?
โIt has to be collaborative, consultative and
devolved โ one person canโt see/know/do
everything, followers need to understand more or
they will be unwilling to followโ
โRemain positive and optimistic but realisticโ
โDonโt take negativity personallyโ
โCelebrate successes โ
15. What does good leadership mean to you?
โSomeone who gives the impression of knowing
exactly what is going on, even if they donโt have a
clueโ
โHaving the balls to make difficult decisions
and sticking by them when it doesnโt make the
leader popular but is in the best interest of the
organisationโ
โHave a vision...Communicate the vision...Live the
visionโ
16. What does good leadership mean to you?
โVision + strategy + positivity+ building on
strengths (of all) + humility + participatory + non
hierarchical + mucking in + serving others +
challenge = hard but rewarding workโ
โA good leader is not afraid to tackle difficult
issues, requires sensitivity, tenacity and not be
aloof. Must also have dress sense and be
generous with chocolate biscuitsโ
17. 8 things Iearnt along the way
๏ผ You canโt have leadership without followership
๏ผ Mutual trust and respect
๏ผ Leaders canโt shy away from difficult decisions
๏ผ โDo you want to be liked or do you want to be respected?โ
๏ผ Everyone has a leadership role to play
๏ผ You must have a support network around you
๏ผ Be prepared to say you were wrong
๏ผ Keep learning
18. To conclude
๏ผChallenges for leaders in the VCS are going to
increase....but there will always be challenges
๏ผHow we respond as leaders is crucial
๏ผSupport for leaders in the future is going to be
important
๏ผLess training budget + more challenges + less time
= different response