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Deep Leadership Across Cultures

Deep Leadership Across Cultures. L eading a shelter organization probably requires you to play many different roles over the course of a day…. Fearless Advocate. Counselor and Therapist. Multi-tasking Manager. Inter-Agency Diplomat. Fundraising Expert. Motivational Coach. Firefighter.

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Deep Leadership Across Cultures

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  1. Deep Leadership Across Cultures

  2. Leading a shelter organization probably requires you to play many different roles over the course of a day…..

  3. Fearless Advocate

  4. Counselor and Therapist

  5. Multi-tasking Manager

  6. Inter-Agency Diplomat

  7. Fundraising Expert

  8. Motivational Coach

  9. Firefighter

  10. Daily Miracle Worker

  11. Wise Spiritual Leader

  12. (plus remembering to go home and have a life)

  13. Great leaders are… • Grounded • Courageous • Humble • Decisive • Constantly learning

  14. Great leaders can… • Communicate effectively • Embrace change & uncertainty • Engage others towards a shared goal • Prioritize and focus their efforts • Ask for help

  15. Great leaders have… • Boundless energy • Deep domain knowledge • Integrity • A sense of vision & direction • Profound self-awareness

  16. Lines of Leadership Development The Inward Arc Source The Outward Arc

  17. ‘Outer’ Lines of Development Technical skills Process skills Metaskills Domain knowledge Personal experience

  18. ‘Inner’ Lines of Development Blending theory and practice (Praxis) Meta-capacities Psychological development Spiritual development Congruence

  19. How do you cultivate the ‘inner’ qualities of leadership? • Being grounded & centered • Self-awareness • Humility • Courage • Vision • Energy • Integrity • Authenticity

  20. Leaders from all sectors are working in increasingly complex social terrain…..

  21. …especially between cultures

  22. As leaders your work may include • Providing effective services to Aboriginal clients • Getting a deeper understanding of where clients are coming from • Building effective working relationships with Aboriginal agencies and community organizations • Recruiting and managing Aboriginal staff • Increasing the cultural competence of non-Aboriginal staff • Working with Elders, community liaison workers and cultural specialists

  23. So what is Culture?

  24. A Working Definition of Culture “A system of shared beliefs, values, customs, behaviors, and artifacts that the members of a society use to cope with their world and with one another, and that are transmitted from generation to generation through learning.” (Bates, D. G., and Plog, F. Y. (1990). Cultural Anthropology. New York: McGraw-Hill.)

  25. The ‘Iceberg’ Model of Culture

  26. Artifact Layer Above the surface Action Layer  Ritual, communication, body language Below the surface Speech Layer  Language, vocabulary, grammar Thought Layer Values, attitudes, ethics, beliefs

  27. All people have culture

  28. Most of culture is invisible • and unconscious

  29. Cultural patterns that we are not familiar with are often invisible to us

  30. Education is the transmission of culture

  31. Many basic cultural patterns are in place by two (mothers are the carriers of culture)

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