GROUNDED IN TWO FRAMEWORKS: NEUROLEADERSHIP & CAPACITY-BUILDING MODEL
Allies 4Outcomes partners to help shift overall culture, workforce retention, leadership, and supervisory and worker practices to improve the quality of service delivery and, ultimately, client, organizational, and fiscal outcomes. By integrating two specific models grounded in research, a continuous quality improvement or “growth” mindset evolves within the organization.
Organizational Culture and Climate Workforce Retention Factors
Heart & Brains of Leadership
"Neuroleadership"
Neuroleadership utilizes specific leadership practices that improve trust, psychological safety, inclusion, and belonging, resulting in increased engagement, resilience, motivation, collaboration, and teamwork. Neuroleadership utilizes emotional regulation as a core leadership and supervision skill, helping to shape a positive culture in the organization.
Sources
Ghadiri, A., Habermacher, A., & Peters, T. (2012). Neuroleadership A Journey Through the Brain for Business Leaders (1st ed. 2012.). Springer Berlin Heidelberg.
Pittman, A.L. (2020). Leadership rebooted: Cultivating trust with the brain in mind. Human Service Organizations: Management, Leadership & Governance, 44(2), 127-143, DOI
Zak, P. J. (2017). The neuroscience of trust. Harvard Business Review, 84–90.
Threat Versus Reward Response (Growth-Mindset)
- Distracted
- Anxious
- Stressed (Stress Response)
- Less Emotionally Regulated
- Reduction In Memory
- Decreased Performance, engagement, and motivation
- Clear and focused thinking
- More Creative
- More insights for complex problem solving
- Actionable ideas
- Broader perspective on issues
- Increased collaboration and teamwork
- Increased Resilience
Sources
Rock, D. (2010). Impacting leadership with neuroscience. People and Strategy, 33(4), 6–7.
Cox, C.L. (2012). SCARF ® in 2012: updating the social neuroscience of collaborating with others.
Leadership & Workforce Capacity - Building Framework
Our Capacity-Building approach is unique because we utilize a multi-tiered, scaffolded learning framework consistent with a blend of adult learning pedagogies for optimum learning application in daily leadership practice. The Capacity-Building series consists of interconnected layers of learning or re-learning that apply the “training” to real-world leadership and practice.
A4O’s Capacity-Building model is effective in multiple topics, from leadership building to worker building related to practice. Allies4Outcomes utilizes a mixed–methods approach for evaluating success, allowing partner organizations to track progress through data and stories behind the data and presenting real-time opportunities to shift strategies flexibly when needed.
- Face-to-face learning (and re-learning) Policy Application to Practice, Safety Decision-Making, and Supervisory Practices (CQI)
- Applying learning in day-to-day supervision/practice
- Field Observation, Feedback Loops, and Building (in real-time)
- Community of Practice and Learning in Policy & Practice Essentials Monthly Session
- Continuous Quality Improvement (CQI) – Start Again!
