Managing People for Results by Nelson Layag, CompassPoint Nonprofit Services. For the Neighborhood Excellence Initiative for Emerging Leaders, May 18, 2011
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1. Managing People to Achieve Results Nelson L. Layag Project Director nelsonl@compasspoint.org Bank of America Neighborhood Excellence Initiative® Neighborhood Excellence Leadership Program® May 17-20, 2011
15. “Credibility is the foundation of leadership” - Kouzes & Posner Honest Forward-looking Competent Inspiring
16. Five Practices of Exemplary Leadership MODEL the Way INSPIRE a Shared Vision CHALLENGE the Process ENABLE Others to Act ENCOURAGE the Heart
17. How do your management practices influence and/or support your leadership practices?
18. Supervision & Nonprofits The ultimate responsibility of a supervisor is to help the employee manage his/her relationship with the organization so that each is successful.
34. How does the “lens” influence practice? Strengths-based Multiculturalism Organizational Culture Political Framework Leadership beliefs Field or Mission
42. Setting and Communicating Expectations In order for employees to understand your expectations, you have to communicate them in terms of BEHAVIORSor OUTCOMES.
43. I’m a strategic thinker and problem solver Photo: RebekahPavlovic, Flikr
59. Why Coaching? The mark of effective leadership is not an individual who “does it all”; rather, it’s the full leadership team that fuels high performance over the long haul. - Sylvia Yee, Evelyn and Walter Haas, Jr. Fund
60. Coaching is… A process of supporting individuals to make more conscious decisions The ultimate goal of coaching is to help someone move to a new action or behavior while learning, growing and developing.
61. Coaching is not… The new beginning The neutral zone Ending, losing, letting go
67. Exercise: Engaged Listening Speaker: What do you love about being a leader? Listener: Practice listening at the deepest level (engaged listening). - What do you love about discovering what you are capable of? What do you love about the challenge? What do you love about how you are learning and growing? What do you love about mentoring your staff? What are the talents and strengths that give you the most joy? Who are your partners and how important are they to you?
68. Debrief Listener: Did you slip into other types of listening? What did it feel like? Speaker: What did it feel like to have someone listen without interruption?
78. Giving and Receiving Ongoing Feedback Timely (as soon as possible) Specific (what has occurred and the impact) Focus on behaviors, not on person’s character Impact (i.e. It Matters)
79. Supportive or Positive Feedback Instead of : “You really handled that tough situation with the client well. Thanks, you’re awesome!”
81. Supportive or Positive Feedback Try: “I really want to tell you how impressed I was with the way you handled the client’s problem. You were able to calm him down by being patient and letting the client see that you were willing to take the time to help him. That helped get to the issue at hand and then you were able to direct him to the right person who could help. Thank you.”
84. Supportive or Positive Feedback Try: “When you were clear and concise while explaining your idea at the meeting, it really helped the management team to focus on key points and understand the benefits of your proposal more clearly. That will help us make a well informed decision on this idea. Thank you for being so prepared.”
85. Exercise: Feedback Speaker: Share a piece of feedback with listener Listener: Help speaker to do the following Remove judgment (positive or negative) Stay objective Use specific, observable language Add meaning or impact
93. Corrective/Negative Feedback James, I would like to speak to you for a moment about today’s meeting with our funder. When you don’t prepare properly, it comes off as unprofessional. This hurts the image of the organization and our ability to secure the funding we need to support our mission. Thank you for listening to this feedback, I really think you can be great in this role.
94. Corrective/Negative Feedback You: James, I would like to speak to you for a moment about today’s meeting with our funder. When you don’t prepare properly, it comes off as unprofessional. James: What do you mean? You: Well, there were a few major typos in the budget and you didn’t have the information about the total service numbers for last year.
95. Corrective/Negative Feedback James: I did show you the draft of the budget. You: What do you think you need to be better prepared? James: Maybe next time we can go over what we should prepare for this meeting the day before so I understand what we need. I can also get someone to look over the material for any mistakes too.
96. Corrective/Negative Feedback You: Good idea. Being better prepared will help our ability to secure the funding we need to support our mission. Thank you for listening to this feedback, I really think you can be great in this role.
97. Anxiety or Fear? What are some tactics you can use for support when you need to give developmental feedback?
104. Maria was promoted to Program Manager in late 2007 after one year as a counselor. Since then she has proven that she not only can accomplish the specific duties and responsibilities assigned with that position, but has the ability to be proactive in looking for and implementing ways to improve the organization’s ability to serve its clients. One clear example of this is the I & R database project which has been in the organization’s plan for the last 2 years but which was never completed for various reasons including complexity of the project, costs, and lack of anyone being responsible for it being done. We decided to put this as one of her responsibilities earlier this year and because of her ability to recognize and focus on the client’s needs and level of accessibility she was able to take a simple, low cost approach of using blogging software to make a highly accessible, easily modifiable (and easy to learn) system for looking up I&R resources. As a counselor, Maria demonstrated a knack for managing conflicts for our youth. She’s brought that talent to her new role, but we recognize that she has never received any formal training (not her fault) in this area and feel she can not only excel in conflict resolution, but could in time provide effective coaching and training to the staff of counselors she supervises. We might consider some formal supervision training as well as part of her professional development plan. One area of focus we should consider is the quality control issue of our workshops. Maria has been very effective in getting the schedule of workshops completed much earlier than what the past standard has been. However, there have been sacrifices in reviewing the quality of the material in exchange for getting presenters scheduled quickly. We have discussed a process in which scheduling can happen effectively while being able to review content on a timely basis and how the Program Director (me) can be supportive in that process. We will include this in her next version of the workplan.
105. Elements of an Effective Evaluation Process Credible - Based on communicated expectations (performance workplan). Reliable – Staff understands the process and it happens. Fair - All staff are being evaluated in a similar fashion (not necessarily equally). Practical - NOT just paperwork, but matters. Also, not difficult to understand and complete (correctly).
106. Elements of an Effective Evaluation Process On Going - Staff is evaluated throughout the year (even if the paperwork just happens quarterly/annually). Transparency - Everyone understands the process, and how, who, when, and what performance is based on. Collaborative - Requires points of view from you, the staff person and others who work closely with staff.
127. Presentation and Additional Resources Feel free to email (or tweet) me with additional questions nelsonl@compasspoint.org Twitter.com/nlayag . . . And one last thing . . .
128. George Kissed Paula “. . . small victories can often trigger a positive spiral of behavior . . .”
Good morning,Thank Jeff Nugent, the Center for Leadership Innovation, Bank of America’s NeighborhCompassPoint intensifies the impact of fellow nonprofit organizations, networks and leaders and staff to achieve social equity. We believe that organizations that invest in the leadership AND management capacities of its staff are better poised to achieve their goals. Just last week I was facilitating a training for a local nonprofit in Oakland Ca and during one of the breaks one of the participants came up to me and said while she’s had years of experience managing staff, her “management muscles” had gotten out of shape because the last few years she didn’t supervise any staff. Which is a good reminder that our abilities (including our ability to manage and lead) areike our muscles, they can be strengthened with practice.
And the idea of strengthening our management practices is so important to my values because it’s why I continue the work that I do working with fellow nonprofits to intensify their impact.
It’s the People that run the organization, make change in our communities, organizations
Here are the topics we’ll be covering today
These are good guideposts to breakdown approaches, tactics, skills and other elements needed to make the change you need.
Reflect – on your situation
Skill, Practice. Again
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In the area of expectation setting, here are the key activities in that area. One of the key skills a manager needs is the ability to express expectations in the form of behaviors and/or outcomes
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Empowers staffChallenges staffCreates Interdependent relationship vs. dependentSupports having staff solve and prevent problemsYou don’t need to have experience or expertise in what the staff person does (like mentorship)
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What it’s not!
Example: Theoretical to PracticalLet’s say you’re my supervisor. Just asked present. Goes so, so. I asked you how and why. Ask questions. What you wanted to get out of it. What would have you done differently? (could have brought numbers, pictures). What else could you have done? (I could have prepared better). What could I have done for you?Red line is cut off from Reflection/Learning
Print:Today we are going to work on the foundational skills required for effective coaching.
Print:Today we are going to work on the foundational skills required for effective coaching.
Fix – it: Ego = I’m need or I know better, I’m supervisorI want to save youI’m the expert What’s the fastest way I can get you out of my office
PrintPairs: Decided who is A listner and B the speaker = your only 2 minutes. Listener for only two minutes. Just notice when you bounce into other forms of listening. 20 minutes: with Debrief? When you were listening what was that like for you?When you were speaking what that like for you?Popcorn style:Western culture we speak first, listen 2nd, observ 3rd.Eastern observe, listen, speak.It is uncomfortable – make our own connections3 – 5 minutes: undivided attention. Do you have a minute? You’ve entered a contract
Western culture we speak first, listen 2nd, observ 3rd.Eastern observe, listen, speak.It is uncomfortable – make our own connections3 – 5 minutes: undivided attention. Do you have a minute? You’ve entered a contract
Fundamentally is about asking questions: Open ended questions – opens up the conversation. Close-ended questions shut it down. (Yes, no)Not why? Defensive, are more about me then about you.Exercise: Peak moment. Sample open-ended questions.1 minute to give context. 4 minute each. Stop. What was your experience.From book - feel compel to give advice. Our brain is hardwired to make connections. I feel good about making connections. The likely that I follow through is higher. As supervisor, I also like to make connections. I’m robbing you of making those connections. (David Rock, Quiet Leadership)
Print exercise.Exercise: Peak moment. Sample open-ended questions.1 minute to give context. 4 minute each. Stop. What was your experience.From book - feel compel to give advice. Our brain is hardwired to make connections. I feel good about making connections. The likely that I follow through is higher. As supervisor, I also like to make connections. I’m robbing you of making those connections. (David Rock, Quiet Leadership)
Print - strong performance review processes are supported by strong expectation setting (and resetting) and strong regular communications
Reflect – on your situation
Here are the topics we’ll be covering today
“Dwayne from the Presbyterian Night Shelter of Tarrant County” Last night I had the chance to caht with one of your fellow participants. We talked about how these convenings were great, so many ideas and things that he wanted to implement. But when he got back home the busy-ness of life and work “got in the way” of trying to implement change. I asked what he think would help to allow him make the change he envisioned. His response was maybe tyring to do a small initiative which made me think if there was one last advice I could give what would it be.
In the book Switch by the Heath brothers, they tell a story about small victories can often trigger a postive spiral of behavior. The story is about a couple who was going through a rough patch in their marriage and was going through therapy. One morning, George kissed Paula which is something he hadn’t done in a long time. This one kiss made Paula so happy that she made coffee for both of them, which lead to them sitting down having coffee together and chatting, which made them feel more relaxed and lighthearted at work, and that night even the children seemed to be postively affected.