Leadership Victoria
Mayor Lisa Helps - A User Guide to Starting with a New Team

On Nov 17, 2018 we held our launch for this years cohort of local leaders. Over the lunch hour we invited Mayor Helps in to talk about her leadership strategies in building the community. Here is a brief overview of her suggested process:
ALWAYS begin with VALUES
SPEND THE TIME TO ASK YOUR TEAM ABOUT WHAT THEY VALUE
What is it you value in the work we will do together?
WRITE THEM DOWN.
Then read them aloud.
Read slowly.
ASK QUESTIONS.
Is anything missing?
What do we need to add?
READ THEM ALOUD.
Read slowly.
ASK MORE QUESTIONS
Is there anything here that sounds exactly the same.
What do we filter out?
READ THEM ALOUD.
Read slowly.
ASK MORE QUESTIONS
Are there any words here that people don’t know exactly what is meant?
READ THEM ALOUD.
Read slowly.
ASK MORE QUESTIONS
Is there anything here we need to let go?
What do we remove from the list?
READ THEM ALOUD.
Read slowly.
One more time.
ASK FOR AGREEMENT
Are these the values we all agree to?
RE-WRITE YOUR VALUES
Go away and ask one person to take these words and write them down.
Keep it simple
Weave them together into a statement of our values.
Start with statements: "We are committed to..."
...
Don't forget ... every so often
READ THEM ALOUD.
Read slowly.