6. What does good leadership mean to you?
You’ve got a form
Please write down what good leadership
means to you
Add your name and contact details
I’ll pull out one name later – you’ll win my
favourite leadership book
8. The challenges
Many of us only worked in environment of
growing resources
Poverty / fairness / impact of welfare reform
How we challenge decisions
Majority of LA cuts still to come
Youth unemployment
Doing more with less
Balancing needs of staff with those of our
beneficiaries
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?
“Getting or helping people to succeed when they
thought they would fail”
“Being brave in your convictions and
do the right thing despite risk”
“Listening and learning before leading”
“Taking people with you, not taking
people down because of you”
14. What does good leadership mean to you?
“It has to be collaborative, consultative and
devolved – one person can’t see/know/do
everything, followers need to understand more or
they will be unwilling to follow”
“Remain positive and optimistic but realistic”
“Don’t take negativity personally”
“Celebrate successes ”
15. What does good leadership mean to you?
“Someone who gives the impression of knowing
exactly what is going on, even if they don’t have a
clue”
“Having the balls to make difficult decisions
and sticking by them when it doesn’t make the
leader popular but is in the best interest of the
organisation”
“Have a vision...Communicate the vision...Live the
vision”
16. What does good leadership mean to you?
“Vision + strategy + positivity+ building on
strengths (of all) + humility + participatory + non
hierarchical + mucking in + serving others +
challenge = hard but rewarding work”
“A 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 biscuits”
17. 8 things Iearnt along the way
You can’t have leadership without followership
Mutual trust and respect
Leaders can’t shy away from difficult decisions
“Do you want to be liked or do you want to be respected?”
Everyone has a leadership role to play
You must have a support network around you
Be prepared to say you were wrong
Keep learning
18. To conclude
Challenges for leaders in the VCS are going to
increase....but there will always be challenges
How we respond as leaders is crucial
Support for leaders in the future is going to be
important
Less training budget + more challenges + less time
= different response
