10. The role of the gov. prof. in influencing the board Flashcards
Role of CoSec per ISCA’s CoSec report 2014
The role of the CoSec is much more than just administrative. At its best, it delivers strategic leadership, acting as a vital bridge between the executive management and the board and facilitating the delivery of organisational objectives
Kotter’s views on difference between management and leadership
Management - about creating order and doing things right, with a focus on systems and structure, and a reliance on compliance and control (short-term)
Leadership - about producing change and doing the right thing, with a focus on effectiveness, innovation and development (long-term)
One of leading proponents of view that difference between leadership and management is illusionary
Henry Mintzberg, a Canadian professor of management
Evolution of leadership theory (4 parts/periods)
Earliest theories - based around concept of the ‘Great Man’, the idea that leaders are born and not made
1970s - influence of transactional leadership
1980s, 90s - influence of transformational leadership
21st C - emergence of conceptions of complex, distributed, adaptive and connected leadership > more towards collective and collaborative leadership
What is transactional leadership?
Leadership through the transactions of reward or punishment
What is transformational leadership?
Leadership through charisma which inspires others to do great deeds through communicating a clear vision
6 leadership styles according to Daniel Goleman’s framework
Directive
Visionary
Affiliative
Participative
Pacesetting
Coaching
What is the Directive leadership style?
Getting immediate compliance by giving lots of directives, controlling tightly, and motivating by stating consequences of non-compliance
What is the Visionary leadership style?
Providing long-term direction and vision and explaining the ‘why’ in terms of the org’s long term interest
What is the Affiliative leadership style?
Creating harmony and promoting friendly interactions, placing emphasis on personal needs over standards
What is the Participative leadership style?
Building commitment, generating new ideas and inviting others to participate in development of decisions
What is the Pacesetting leadership style?
Leading by example by accomplishing tasks to high standards of excellence
What is the Coaching leadership style?
Supporting and challenging others to complete tasks while also developing their long-term potential
Which two leadership styles are generally the best performing?
Visionary and Coaching
Why might a CoSec’s leadership naturally take a Directive style?
Because of the need to police compliance
What is invisible leadership?
Leadership associated with emotional and moral intelligence and defined by the use of ‘smart power’
(according to ISCA report) how long might it take for an experienced CoSec to become comfortable in their role?
Up to 18 months
One framework to assist with leadership influence (name and who by only)
Chip and Dan Heath - SUCCES
Chip and Dan Heath’s SUCCES framework
Simple - understand core of message and communicate with an analogy
Unexpected - make idea memorable by grabbing people’s attention through surprise
Concrete - use concrete and sensory language to paint picture
Credible - link credibility from outside sources, including statistics
Emotional - appeal to human values, ensuring to include what’s in it for them
Stories - share your idea through a narrative story to bring it alive
Chip and Dan Heath’s SUCCES framework - what does each letter represent?
A particular characteristic of an idea that can help make an idea ‘sticky’
Define smart power
The power to get others to have the desires you want them to have
5 tools that a CoSec might use as an invisible leader to wield smart power
Building relationships
Networking
Acting politically
Storytelling
Challenging
How might CoSec use tool of Building Relationships to wield smart power?
By developing relationship of trust with the chair, who largely determines the CoSecs power
How might CoSec use tool of Networking to wield smart power?
By using networks effectively, leveraging relationships and exchanging knowledge
How does Acting Politically to wield smart power for the CoSec?
It is predictive of performance evaluations and career success
Define ‘overall political skill’
The ability to understand others at work and to use that knowledge to influence others to act in ways that enhance one’s personal or organisational objectives
Re. Acting Politically, what is a wise owl?
A politically aware individual who acts with integrity, rather than plays psychological games
- the perception that playing politics as negative is due to too many individuals that are politically aware but playing psychological games as they are out for personal gain
How does Storytelling wield smart power for CoSec?
Stories are more likely to be remembered than pure facts and figures, and make the audience slow down to listen
How might CoSec use tool of Challenging to wield smart power?
By challenging effectively through by caring personally and challenging directly - confident challenging while showing empathy
5 potential ethical dilemmas faced by CoSecs
Requirement to constantly defend independence
Unclear delineation in role and therefore values conflict
Limited team to support additional compliance load caused by increasing stakeholder demands
Straddling both the board and an executive function
Having one’s role and one’s profession being taken for granted
