Adaptive
and
Innovative
Leadership
Program
Building safe, smart, and
sustainable communities together
Galing Pook
Course Design
Adapt and Innovate for Peace and
Development is a participatory,
Outcomes
adaptive, and innovative leadership
At the end of the course, the desired results
course. It is a four-module
for the participating LGUs are for them to
leadership and value-creation
have:
learning experience for local chief
• formed a local governance team that
executives and the local government
appreciates participatory adaptive and
unit’s A+I Team.
innovative leadership learned from reallife models;
• set in motion a banner program for
peace and development that is imbued
with good governance principles and
Fast Facts
Duration
Approximately 80 hours, over
a course of 20 synchronous
sessions, asynchronous
learning, and fulfillment of
course requirements.
Admission Requirements
•
Nomination from Local
Government Academy
•
Full participation of local
chief executive and LGU
team
Fees
All course fees will be
shouldered by Local
Government Academy
inspired by real-life practices; and,
• broadened their network of resource
contacts for continuing improvement of
their local programs.
Capacities Developed
Led by the local chief executive, the
Adapt and Innovate Team (A+I Team) of
the LGU undertakes a learning experience
in developing the following capacities
to improve the functioning of its local
government unit:
Participation. Recognize the contribution
of every team member towards the
achievement of the LGU vision and goals.
Accountability. Assume responsibility
for the delivery of results that benefit the
constituents.
Excellence. Exert full cooperation,
diligence, and creativity in the
implementation of programs.
Plans and Programs. Focus on the creation
of a safe, smart, and resilient community.
Learning Organization. Learn and apply
new and appropriate methods to improve
the wellbeing of constituents.
Learning Method
Target Participants
The basic learning method for the course
Target participants in the A+I Course are
consists of inputs and experiential
teams of LGU program planners and front-
learning that takes into consideration
line implementers led by the local chief
the local context and provides content
executive. Full participation of the mayor
drawn from related LGU experiences
of the city or municipality and the LGU
and strategies. “Peer-to-peer learning”
team is a condition for acceptance in the
happens through direct interaction
course.
with local government officials whose
programs have garnered Galing Pook
LGU participants are nominated by the
awards and video presentations featuring
Local Government Academy and selected
the award-winning programs.
by the Galing Pook Foundation. No
fees are required because the Local
The course will use both synchronous
Government Academy will sponsor the
and asynchronous learning methods
cost of the training.
facilitated by the program mentors.
Mentoring activities are important for
the program to ensure follow-through
learning processes.
Recommended members of
the LGU A + I Team:
Time required for the course consists
of approximately two-hour weekly
• Mayor / Governor
sessions for 20 sessions including the
• Vice Mayor / Vice Governor
opening Orientation Session and Course
• Planning Officer
Evaluation and Closing Session; and at
• Budget Officer
least two hours a week for homework,
• Agriculture Officer
team meetings, reading and viewing
• Health Officer
resource materials.
• Social Welfare and Development Officer
• DepEd Superintendent or Supervisor
• Disaster Risk Reduction and Management Officer
• Local PNP Chief
• Local Government Operations Officer
• Civil Society Organization representative
• Youth representative
• Information Officer
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Training Modules
1 | Grounding and Visioning
2 | Crafting Innovations
Course participant starts from a
As a group, the A+I Team of the LGU
review of her/his personal leadership
surveys its ongoing programs in
journey then connects this
Health, Education, Agriculture, and
understanding of self as a leader to
the Local Economy and develops a
an analysis of the prevailing situation
flagship program that addresses the
in the LGU. Local situation is viewed
wellbeing of individuals, families,
up close through the city or town
and communities within the LGU.
profile and “from the balcony” for
The module includes presentations
an appreciation of the big picture.
of actual programs of champion
The module ends with a process of
LGUs and the opportunity to interact
visualizing a desired scenario for the
with the local chief executives who
future of the LGU.
implemented those programs.
3 | Developing Adaptive Capacities
4 | Creating Public Value
Course participants share personal
Applying the lessons learned on
experiences of leadership failure as
participatory innovation and adaptive
a preparation for appreciating the
capacities, participants present
differences between technical and
their flagship program, and these
adaptive challenges and solutions.
presentations are analysed as case
Various adaptive capacities are
studies by the participants.
introduced –conflict management,
negotiation, effective communication –
as tools for improving local governance.
In terms of theory, adaptive and innovative leadership principles contained in the
lectures and books of Harvard University Professor Ronald Heifetz1 are the sources of the
main inputs for the modules.
1
Leadership Without Easy Answers (Heifetz, 1994), Leadership on the Line: Staying Alive through the Dangers of
Leading (Heifetz and Marty LInsky, 2002), The Practice of Adaptive Leadership (Heifetz, Alexander Grashow and
Marty Linsky, 2009).
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Sessions
SESSION 0
MODULE 3
Opening and Course Orientation
Developing Adaptive Capacities
Session 9. Leadership Failure
MODULE 1
Session 10. Conflict Management
Grounding and Visioning
Session 11. Negotiation
Session 1. My Leadership Journey
Session 12. Effective Communication 1
Session 2. What is Going On?
Session 13. Effective Communication 2
Session 3. Going to the Balcony
Session 4. Visualizing the Future
MODULE 4
Creating Public Value
Session 14-18. LGU Presentations
MODULE 2
Crafting Innovations
Session 5. Innovations in Health
SESSION 19.
Course Evaluation and Closing
Session 6. Innovations in Education
Session 7. Innovations in Agriculture
and Food Security
Session 8. Innovations in Local
Economic Recovery
Apply now and be an adaptive
and innovative leader
Let’s build safe, smart, and
sustainable communities together!
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