1. Leading Across Boundaries
James Sena
Hampshire Workforce Development Corporate Shared Services

2. By the end of the session you will be able to
Learning Outcomes
By the end of the session you will be able to
Describe methods for promoting a culture of collaboration and leading successful cross-organisational initiatives
Identify future opportunities to work across boundaries and build stronger stakeholder and partnership relationships across organisations to achieve shared outcomes
Plan ways of creating joint accountability through transformational relationships

3. Agenda Introduction Crossing boundaries for innovation
Planning for collaboration
Summary and actions

4. Introductions Please share: your name and role
a current or forthcoming major challenge

5. Experiences of cross organisational collaboration
In groups discuss and be prepared to report back:
personal experience of cross organisational collaboration
what were the drivers and restraints?

6. Is there a strategic driver?
Strategic Domain
Setting strategic direction
Planning and organising
Creating alignment
Leading
Delivering Results
Building and sustaining relationships
Team working
Operational Domain
Interpersonal Domain

7. Collaboration happens when ….
… there is a higher purpose or … a question that stimulates discussion … a real world problem that needs solving and … the resources and commitment

8. Crossing boundaries for innovation
Session 2
Crossing boundaries for innovation

9. Cross cultural mapping
Exploration
Exploitation
Innovation
Depth of relationships
Associates (weak ties)
Strong relationships (strong ties)
Extent of cross cultural movement
Within the group
Outside the group
Weaker ties = better innovation

10. Innovation opportunities
In groups discuss and be prepared to report back:
explore your weaker ties and cross organisation boundaries
identify current opportunities for innovation or where can you be a trail-finder for your team
Assess opportunities against:
there is a higher purpose
a questions that stimulates discussion
a real world problem that needs solving
the resources and commitment

11. Planning for collaboration
Session 3
Planning for collaboration

12. Collaboration lifecycle
Connect
Contract
Close
Collaborate
Collaboration creates new possibilities & opportunities which wouldn’t otherwise exist

13. Connecting In groups discuss and be prepared to report back:
how to connect across organisations and cultures
what support do your teams need to reach out

14. Session 4
Summary

15. Leading across boundaries
Individual reflection
Progressing the cross-boundary opportunities identified or scanning for future opportunities
Role-modelling collaborative behaviours
Enabling others to work across boundaries more
Pair and share

16. THANK YOU james.sena@mast.co.uk

17. Hampshire Workforce Development Management, Leadership, Performance and Change