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PEER-SHAPED DEVELOPMENTPAUL STEWARTCEO, TAKEON!
2014 NZATD Conference
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UNDERPINNED BY FOUR IMPORTANT
INSIGHTS
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Leadership is a conversation – HBR
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The nature of organisational communication must shift
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The conversation of reality
– David Whyte
(Corporate Poet)
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Sam Knowles
“If you don’t talk about S#@t, nothing changes”
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Transformation happens in the conversation
1.
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Most answers people need already exist in the organisational system
2.
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WHAT’S YOUR STORY?
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In groups of four, one minute each to tell your story.
“When was a time you felt you were developing most as a learning professional?”
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“80 per cent of what our people need to know already exists within the organisational system. It lies in the knowledge and experience of others” – Paul Stewart
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In the last 10 years, the importance of network performance has more than doubled compared to individual task importance Source: CEB
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3.Efforts to develop must be
baked into business as usual, not bolted on the side
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If the rate of change on the outside exceedsthe rate of change on the inside, the end is near.”– Jack Welch
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Sam KnowlesI’ve got an idea
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Development efforts need to be baked into the rhythm and routine of the organisation.” – Paul Stewart
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1%Keep getting
better
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4.Context is key to
effective development
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Features of successful transformation initiatives
1. Engaged everyone collaboratively throughout the change process
2. Focused on successes at least as much as problems
3. Got clear about the mindsets required
4. Built capability as they went
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“I have developed more as aleader in the last four weeks than
my entire career previously, and there wasn’t a training programme in sight”
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Underpinned by important insights
1. Transformation happens in the conversation
2. Most answers people need already exist in the organisational system
3. Efforts to develop must be baked into BAU, not bolted on the side
4. Context is key to effective development