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Are there specific civil society leadership competencies?..... And are they worth focusing on?

Brent Thomas PrimeTimers

Do these apply to your organisation?

• We need managers to be more……

commercial; innovative; business savvy

• We need managers who are better at…….

Income generation; talking to commissioners; impact evaluation

• We need to have more of a performance

culture

The UEL Civil Society Competencies Framework

Accessibility

360° assessments

Perception = Reality Leadership = a 360° exercise The power

• f feedback

Getting the right context & motivations

Civil Society 360° Assessment Tool

• Competencies framework – you choose
• Online – easy, quick, affordable
• Up to 10 assessors per individual
• Workbook format – emphasises personal

development

• Accredited OD/HR specialists – setting it up!

Specific civil society leadership competencies?

• Some unique – volunteer management
• Some accentuated – governance management
• Combinations of competencies have a unique

weighting BUT….. Are they worth focusing on?

Only if they solve a major problem your organisation in facing today…..

• We need managers to be more……

commercial; innovative; business savvy

• We need managers who are better at…….

Income generation; talking to commissioners; impact evaluation

• We need to have more of a performance culture

Solutions

• Competencies framework….
• enables a discussion
• provides a structure for analysis
• is non-threatening as it is of “Civil Society”
• 360 assessment….
• quick, easy and low cost (after set up)
• repeatable, so you can measure progress
• focused on personal development
• Overall – joined up approaches to……
• training
• talent management & succession
• mentoring & coaching
• selection of capacity building supporters
• recruitment selection

Brent Thomas Director www.primetimers.org.uk 0845 4563885