Public Participation and Engagement for Senior Leaders - Hosted by McCallum

Public Participation and Engagement for Senior Leaders looks at P2 and engagement from the perspective of those in leadership and decision-making roles. It explores what makes P2 and engagement meaningful, standards of practice, and the unique and critical role that senior leaders play in building a positive culture of P2 and engagement that contributes to improved results, credibility, and performance.

Course Objectives: 

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

• Identify and consider how external and internal factors are impacting P2/engagement
• Define P2 and engagement as well as related terms and what makes it unique, and consider the role of leaders in P2 and engagement
• Identify what makes P2 and engagement meaningful, and reflect on the impacts and results of collaboration and connection
• Explore the critical role of leaders in building trust, working with power and influence, and committing to the purpose of engagement and level of influence, through the lens of the spectrum and the Profiles of the Engagement model
• Explore the Practice Framework to identify the role of leaders in building an engagement culture and in working with community and stakeholders
• Explore the role of power and influence in challenging engagement contexts, and their impacts on our work and the perception of our organization
• Identify the steps on the development continuum for a culture of P2/engagement and assess organization (s) against those steps; evidence and measures of how well we are doing.
• Discover the role of the leader in leading culture change in communities and organizations, and practice skills and knowledge

Target Audience: 

• Senior Leaders are: Management and Executive levels of an organization where decisions are made related to the whole of an organization and where accountability and responsibility rest. This can include the Executive team, Chief and Council, elected officials, or senior leadership of specific organizational departments.

Course Delivery:

Online and hosted by IAP2 Canada.

Prerequisite:

There is no prerequisite.

Cost:

$249. or $299 for students or not profit organizations + applicable tax 

Licensed Trainer:

is a facilitator, coach, trainer and leader of the most difficult conversations of our lives, and the Chief Storm Rider at the Courageous Leadership Project. She is author of the recently released book Leading Together: How Brave, Honest Conversations Can Transform Our Lives, Organizations and Communities (available November 17, 2022). With her heart on her sleeve and a deep breath for courage, she wades into the messy, important, beautiful conversations that can bring us together - or tear us apart. Her work in conflict transformation has taken her to 5 continents, leading brave, honest conversations to solve the challenges in our lives, organizations and communities – together. Steph is a trained Co-Active Leadership coach, a Certified Professional Facilitator and a Certified NeuroTransformational Coach. She is an IAP2 Trainer, course developer and co-lead of curriculum development for the new IAP2 Global Learning Pathway being launched in 2023. Steph believes that brave, honest conversations are how we solve the challenges in our world, together.