1. Leading NK Ian Fytche February 2012

2. 100 Flourishing Communities Some Numbers 356 sq miles 91% agriculture and green space 106,000 people 100 communities 70million 350people 100 Flourishing Communities

3. Hi-Performance @ Lo-Cost Value for Money Ranked 9 th (of 201) for providing value 4 money Performance Top Quartile for half our services More for Less Improvement AND Efficiency Clean & Green in NK Recycling – first Council to hit 50% NK – a great place to live 53% of people in NK are satisfied with the local area 36

4. 5 Leadership Challenges A place for Culture? Population Growth Policy Change Economy Money Demographic Change

5. Culture, Arts and Sport …some more numbers… 30%...increase in throughput in 4 years 135k…efficiency gain annually

6. Culture, Arts and Sport Successes More people more active more often More investment Health profile Approaches Vision Culture Innovation

7. Some Thoughts on Leadership

8. Leadership – Starting Points? Leading by numbers? 502,000,000 169,000,000 2,000+ …a lot of reading… The Local Govt Chief Executive… A role that defies definition…? The most complex job…? …a need for clarity…

9. Chief Exec in Local Government? …the clerk…? …the complaints officer…? …the civic officer…? …the country’s most widely read individual…? …not THE ‘Leader’…! Role Capacity Focus

10. The Leader… Has Courage Envisions Strategist Tactician Takes Risks Inspires Believes Listens Delivers Performs Tests Dreams Sees the end game Plans Commun- icates Builds Up Vision People Partnership

11. Manager to Leader Management…Leadership Stability…Change Means…Ends Does things right…Does the Right Things A map…A Compass How…Why Responds…Pre-Empts Meets objectives…Clarifies Values

12. Not Enough Hours? Your Responsibility Your Capacity

13. Focus – Rule of Thumb Vision/Strategy/Communication 25 % Partnership Building 25 % People/Management/Delivery/Problem Solving/Team 50 %

15. 5 Tips for Failure Love your Bureaucracy Say nothing to anyone My team right of wrong Be a control freak Focus on the detail

16. 5 Factors for Success Engage, Commun -icate, and do it again! Focus on Improvement Focus on vision Balance ‘People’ and ‘Strategy’ Innovate and be prepared to take risks