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Developing Agility 22.09.2020

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Welcome:

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Objectives: Short term, and potentially longer-term ideas to put into practice. “What separates leaders from managers at every level is their mastery of human, not technical, skills.”

• Dr. John A. Quelch, Harvard Business

School

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“Soft is hard; hard is easy.” Tom Peters Agility Refers to an organisation’s ability to gather and act on information, make decisions quickly, and implement change to meet rapidly-evolving requirements of their environment. Agility – lessons from COVID?

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Three aspects: 1. Resilience 2. Social intelligence 3. Systems and procedures

• 1. Resilience

The capacity to recover quickly from difficulties; toughness. The ability to ‘bounce back’.

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Two types of leader… One of the signs of a great organisation

• 2. Social intelligence

Refers to the ability to deal with challenging social contexts effectively, understanding others’ concerns, feelings and emotional states; and knowing what to say, when to say it, and how to say it in

• rder to build and maintain positive

relationships with others.

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Trust Without trust there is no influence, without influence there is no leadership. Trust It is a feeling not an instruction

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People at high-trust organisations report:

• 74% less stress;
• 106% more energy at work;
• 50% higher productivity;
• 13% fewer sick days;
• 76% more engagement;
• 40% less burnout.

Harvard Business Review (2017)

Formula for trust Trust = time x behaviour

• 3. Systems

What is your purpose? How do you know when progress has been achieved?

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Reflect: 1. Resilience 2. What is your ‘trust score’? Is it high enough? 3. Systems – is your purpose clear? Is the conversation about agility worth having in your school? Summary Any questions?

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Your next step: future training 3 x 3-hour live online leadership course Starts 9th October (Courses/ Upcoming courses on website)

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