Leadership from Beyond the FE Sector - ETF

Leadership from Beyond the FE Sector - ETF

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  Aim ? To establisha knowledge base from which the Education & Training Foundation can develop a professional and career framework for leadership and management in the education and training sector The Leadership Conversation
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  5 members ofproject management team (157, NIACE, AELP, IfL, Gazelle) + Additional 10 members on Steering Group Sector-based partnership
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  1. Develop aLeadership Framework 2. Identify gaps in leadership development opportunities and recommend how to address these 3. Stimulate engagement in the Leadership Conversation Objectives
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  • Undertake interviewswith education and training sector leaders • Seek additional contributions from sector practitioners, stakeholders and employers • Seek feedback on leadership development; work with Sector Task Group Key Activities
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  • Establish InternationalAcademic Advisory Group • Develop leadership think-piece videos • Implement a virtual brainstorming process
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  Virtual Brainstorming Slides courtesyof the Shoshin Partnership
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  Wisdom of Crowds Largegroups of people are smarter than an elite few, no matter how brilliant - better at solving problems, fostering innovation, contributing to wise decisions, and even scoping possible futures.
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  A conventional ‘futuresthinking process’ means that you: Decide focus of ideas collection Conduct interviews Analyse interview transcripts ‘Manually’ cluster ideas and develop ‘signals’ The Virtual Process is designed to address issues of: Numbers Time Resources + Organisational Identity Very time-consuming and costly to engage large numbers of participants
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  Engages a diversityof thinking (‘wisdom of crowds’) through the innovative communications technology. Applies a rigorous process with freedom of input - it allows individuals to be free from organisational identity and ‘political correctness’ in their anonymous contribution of ideas and responses. Combines participants’ ideas and analysis on a scale unachievable by conventional means - the process can be used in contexts involving many thousands of people. Provides a wide range of reporting systems that filter, prioritise and present perspectives on collected ideas using sophisticated data-mining techniques. Retains unique data sets that can be then inform various future development paths and investigate possible outcomes that may otherwise be overlooked. The Benefits of the Method
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  https://www.strategysignals.com/36273-29446- 11@leadership&conversation  
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  Thank you [email protected] http://www.157group.co.uk/practice/ leadership- conversation  [email protected]