Leadership Academy for Middle Managers

Module VI:

Leading for Sustainable

Systems Change

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Module VI Training

Competencies

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Able to demonstrate, through a simulation

focused on their individual Change Initiative,

flexibility, creativity, and innovation to bring

about strategic change

.

21.

Able to describe next steps and resources in the

Leadership Academy.

22.

Able to demonstrate commitment to

continuous learning as a leader and address

systems change issues.

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The Four Quartets

We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

~T.S. Eliot

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Heifetz Recommendations

for Resilience

1.

Grow your personal support network

2.

Create a personal holding environment

3.

Renew yourself

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Grow Your Personal Support

Network

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Find and talk regularly with confidants

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Satisfy your hungers outside of work

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Anchor yourself in multiple communities

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Create Personal Holding

Environment

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Mind your physical well-being

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Create sanctuaries

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Renew Yourself

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Have a balanced portfolio

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Find satisfaction daily and locally

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Be coolly realistic and unwaveringly

optimistic

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We shall not cease from exploration

And the end of all our exploring

Will be to arrive where we started

And know the place for the first time.

~T.S. Eliot

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Online Evaluation

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Insert online address

Peer and Distance Learning

Opportunities

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Conference call

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[Date and Time]

Content Webinars

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Check WIKI for updated webinar schedule

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Topics develop NCWWI Leadership Model and

competencies

Upcoming:

[Topic, presenter, date and time]

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Peer and Distance Learning

Opportunities

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One-one-one coaching

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 Individual training with LAMM coaches via phone

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 Schedule determined by participant and coach

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 Topics determined by the participant

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 Sign-up sheet available

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Small group coaching

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 Groups of 6-8 participants (first come/first served)

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 General topic and discussion questions

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Peer and Distance Learning

Opportunities

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Online Learning Circles

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lamm.wikispaces.com

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Website open to all participants

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Discussion threads, resources, materials, useful links,

archived webinars

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Find peers with similar change initiatives and connect

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Facebook Page

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 Like Us!

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 Visit Facebook Page for updates on LAMM events

Details will be emailed to all participants.

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Leadership Academy for

Supervisors (LAS) Overview

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Target Audience: Child Welfare Supervisors

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Online professional development

opportunities

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Learning network of peers

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Accessed through 

www.ncwwi.org

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Core curriculum is 30 hours and eligible for

three CEUs

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