Phil HarrisPhil Harris

Department of Criminal JusticeDepartment of Criminal Justice

Temple UniversityTemple University

CJCACJCA New Directors Training 2011 New Directors Training 2011

Ready to LeadReady to Lead

How I look at my job depends How I look at my job depends on where I am nowon where I am now

Relationship to the organizationRelationship to the organization

ExperienceExperience

My valuesMy valuesVision for the OrganizationVision for the Organization

Management styleManagement style

Organizational contextOrganizational context

My personal goalsMy personal goals

Organizational ContextOrganizational Context

Structure of agencyStructure of agency Fiscal health and stabilityFiscal health and stability UnionsUnions Recent history –Recent history – Legacy of prior directorLegacy of prior director Experience of agency with Experience of agency with changechange

See The Sweat ListSee The Sweat List

Leadership EssentialsLeadership EssentialsTRUSTTRUST

RELATIONSHIPSRELATIONSHIPS

VISIONVISION

INFLUENCEINFLUENCE

COURAGECOURAGE

DEVELOPMENTDEVELOPMENT

vs. Managementvs. Management

ManagementManagement is about order and is about order and consistencyconsistency

LeadershipLeadership is about direction and is about direction and changechange

Mission + DeterminationMission + Determination

Leading insideLeading inside

Leadership Leadership developmentdevelopment

Professional Professional relationshipsrelationships with with employeesemployees

Addressing Addressing proactivelyproactively problems problems central to organization’s missioncentral to organization’s mission

Linking the Linking the FORMALFORMAL and and informalinformal cultures of the organizationcultures of the organization

Leading OutsideLeading Outside

Developing and maintaining political Developing and maintaining political supportsupport

Developing resourcesDeveloping resources

Educating stakeholdersEducating stakeholders

Supporting initiatives consistent with Supporting initiatives consistent with missionmission

Professional networkingProfessional networking

Involvement in professional organizationsInvolvement in professional organizations

Power and NetworkingPower and Networking

Professional colleagues as sources of Professional colleagues as sources of experience, ideas and feedbackexperience, ideas and feedback

Professional organizations as sources Professional organizations as sources of stimulation, knowledge and accessof stimulation, knowledge and access

Research centers as sources of current Research centers as sources of current knowledge, technical skills and expert knowledge, technical skills and expert supportsupport

CEO’s of local agencies as CEO’s of local agencies as collaboratorscollaborators

Reaching OutReaching Out

Who do you go to when you are unsure Who do you go to when you are unsure about how to handle a difficult or complex about how to handle a difficult or complex policy situation?policy situation?

Who do you go to when you are facing a Who do you go to when you are facing a difficult political situation?difficult political situation?

Where do you go to get research evidence Where do you go to get research evidence about best practices?about best practices?

How do you learn about key issues facing How do you learn about key issues facing juvenile corrections?juvenile corrections?

The time issueThe time issue

Average term is just over 2.5 yearsAverage term is just over 2.5 years How do things work here?How do things work here? What’s our What’s our missionmission?? Develop your Develop your networksnetworks Develop organizational capacity, including Develop organizational capacity, including

other leadersother leaders Foster a culture of learningFoster a culture of learning Join with others to accomplish critical Join with others to accomplish critical

objectivesobjectives

Principles of Ethical Principles of Ethical LeadershipLeadership

EthicalLeadership

RespectsOthers

BuildsCommunity

ServesOthers

ShowsJustice

ManifestsHonesty

““When the best leader's work is When the best leader's work is done, the people say, 'We did it done, the people say, 'We did it ourselves.'”ourselves.'”

Ken BlanchardKen Blanchard