Phase 3. Creating a Shared Vision
What you might see
- Leading with questions and appetite to understand the diversity of interpretations and perspectives the system holds;
- Leaders using consistent language and messaging;
- Leaders understanding and articulating the perspectives of different stakeholders;
- Leaders committing to building shared understanding amongst the broader community and stakeholders;
- Alignment around common purpose;
- Sufficient depth and breadth of understanding and commitment to enter into formal agreement for a long-term collaborative initiative.
What you can do
- Convene a diverse range of influencers to authorise the collaboration and explore a shared vision for change over the medium to long term;
- Explore, define and commit to community ownership;
- Seek explicit commitments from leaders to support the shared vision and approach;
- Hold steady during conflict. Facilitate the different perspectives to support a creative process that allows new ideas and ways of working to surface;
- Acknowledge there will be loss of some kind - power, resources, status, ways of working – this enables people to explore and prepare for what losses are possible;
- Encourage stakeholders to see themselves as part of the system problem and solutions.
Leadership Tools & Resources
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Understand where your initiative is on the Collaborative Change Cycle
This work is characterised often by unheard histories and strong emotions. This video discusses the facilitation skill of Deep Listening – to what is being felt as much as what is being said. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and lead together.
Deep Collaboration
3. Creating a Shared VisionStep 4 introduces additional skills you can use once you understand the key roles & patterns of behaviour, including various techniques for facilitating collaboration and power dynamics in groups. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and lead together.
Deep Collaboration
Step 3 looks at common patterns of behaviour that you can expect to find in these kinds of collaborations – and how recognising and talking about them openly assists partnering. Deep Collaboration is a way of working that was created by First Nations and other Multicultural Australians to find new ways to work and lead together.
This tool will help you to map and interpret stakeholder dynamics in your initiative. This tool can be useful at the start of an initiative when you are working out the ‘lay of the land’, if things go wrong, if there is conflict, or if you are not making progress.
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Change Cycle Locator Tool
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