1. Durkheim's Role Theory
1.1. Roles become identities
1.1.1. Which behaviours are modeled, rewarded, enabled, expected?
2. Leadership Development
2.1. GoA Leadership Program?
2.2. 7 habits for Leadership Success
2.3. Manager as Leader
3. Attract
3.1. Strategic distributed membership in Professional Associations, Universities, Charities, Crises response groups
3.2. Outward facing ads portray compassionate interactions
3.3. Ambassador program - where do we recruit?
4. Mentorship
4.1. Mentorship program participation
4.2. Mentors are good potential job candidates
4.3. How much influence does someone who has mentored 10 people have? If 20? More?
4.3.1. link analysis, degrees of seperation
4.4. Provide informal mentorship tools and casual process for solidifying/recognizing semi-formal mentorship relationships.
5. Importance of Networking Opportunities
5.1. Social time: Potlucks, Games, Team Building, coffee chats.
5.2. Committees and Boards
5.2.1. Encourage staff to participate, make sure that their time is back filled or covered so they can succeed. Include 'side of desk' work in performance agreements or job descriptions - legitimize special projects and committees.
5.3. Friendly office chatter is good. Office laughter is great.
6. Respectful Workplace Initiative
6.1. Connect to this work.
7. Develop
7.1. Identify who are the kindest people in the organization?
7.1.1. Are they getting developmental support?
7.1.2. Nominations from below, ex-staff, clients
7.1.3. Processes in place that enable the behaviours they are modeling.
7.2. Add crises response capacity to department.
7.3. Enable kindness everywhere.
8. Authentic connections. Have to be able to relate.
8.1. Diversity - There can be no "Other"
9. Results Base Budgeting
9.1. Trickle down effect of a culture of kindness in the organization charged with shaping children and youth.
9.1.1. Childhood development literature - impact of environment on criminality, addiction, unemployment, etc.
9.1.1.1. Results Based Budgeting typically supports Preventative measures
9.2. Effectiveness of Compassionate and Influential Leaders.
9.2.1. Leadership literature - impact of loyalty, engagement, trust organizational effectiveness.
10. GoA Competencies
10.1. Relationship Competencies
10.2. Strategic staffing approach recommended by HRCs
11. Recognition Product Timeline
11.1. Short Term - Thank you cards, Thank you e-cards cc manager.
11.2. Medium Term - Award Program based on behaviours not just achievements.
11.2.1. Develop bank of keynote speakers who address compassion and influence to share with department.
11.3. Long Term $$$ Video clips of actors portraying compassionate interactions based on true staff stories. Use as a recognition and recruitment tool.
11.3.1. Definite the role expectations as far out as possible.
12. Toolbox/Methodology
12.1. Research/Literature Review
12.1.1. Best practices
12.1.2. Evidence led, peer reviewed
12.1.3. Cutting edge
12.1.4. Identify GoA linkages and success stories
12.1.5. Adopt and adapt approach