Exploring water leadership development

Leadership for Water SecurityWouter Lincklaen Arriëns

29 May 2013

Asian Water Development Outlook 2013

• Provides the first quantitative and comprehensive analysis of water security on a country by country basis in the region

• Examines all dimensions of water security from the household level to water-related disasters

• Uses indicators and a scaling system to rank the progress of each of the 49 countries under assessment.

AWDO 2013 Contributors

10 Knowledge centers working together

Description of National Water Security StagesNational Water Security Index

Stage:

5 Model

4 Effective

3 Capable

2 Engaged

1 Hazardous

Source: Asian Water Development Outlook 2013

National Water Security in Asia and the Pacific

Source: Asian Water Development Outlook 2013

National Water Security and Governance

Individuals

Organizations

Partnerships

Enabling Environment

Communities

Capacity Development

From Rioto Reality

Who’s taking the lead?

How to increase Water Security?

• Outcome of the IWRM process • Linked to food security and energy security• No organization can achieve it alone

Leadership and collective action are needed among government, private sector, and civil society

What is IWRM?

• IWRM is a process

• that brings stakeholders together

• to increase water security in river basins and cities

• through win-win solutions

• that are locally appropriate

• and generate a triple bottom line of economic, social and environmental outcomes.

IWRM crosses boundaries

• Functions

• Organizations

• Expertise

• Disciplines

• Stakeholders

• Cultures

• Geographical locations

Leaders need to go beyond their traditional focus on managing and protecting boundaries, and exercise boundary-spanning leadership

What is Leadership?

The true measure of leadership is influence, nothing more, nothing less. - John Maxwell

What is Leadership?

What it takes to CHANGE or

make a journey to a desired outcome:

• A process of influence• Creating direction, alignment, and commitment

Who can be a leader?

Last century:

People in positions of authority

This century:

Individuals at all levels

Groups of people (teams, organizations, networks)

Leadership Shifts

1. Leaders reach across boundaries

2. Non-executive younger leaders will influence collectively

3. Personal mastery empowers every leader’s transformation and results

Imagine…

You are a glass

Adding skills

Fill the glass with more water

Training

Developing leadership

Become a bigger glass

Transformation

How is leadership developed?

The 70-20-10 rule:

• 10% course work and training

• 20% coaching and mentoring

• 70% challenging assignments ‘on the job’

with individual leadership development plan

Competencies: 20 Years ago

Most important competencies for leaders:

1. Technical mastery2. Self-motivation / discipline3. Confidence4. Effective communication5. Resourcefulness

Source: Center for Creative Leadership

Competencies: Today

Most important competencies for leaders:

1. Self-motivation / discipline2. Effective communication3. Learning agility4. Multi-cultural awareness5. Adaptability / versatility

Source: Center for Creative Leadership

Competencies: 10 Years from now

Most important competencies for leaders:

1. Adaptability / versatility2. Effective communication3. Learning agility4. Multi-cultural awareness 5. Self-motivation / discipline6. Collaboration

Source: Center for Creative Leadership

Competencies: Timeless

Essential competencies for leaders:

• Effective communication• Self-motivation / discipline

Source: Center for Creative Leadership

Mindset matters

Leadership is not a science or art, it is a state of consciousness.

Chatterjee (1998)

Leadership and awareness

We see the world, not as it is, but as we are, or as we are conditioned to see it. - Stephen Covey

World view and leadership style

World Leadership View Style

Integral IntegralPostmodern CollaborativeModern StrategicTraditional AuthoritarianImperial Autocratic

Expanding our view

Cultural Fit + Functional Fit

Taking an integral view

Recommendations

• Water security needs leaders and leadership

• Modern approach to water leadership development combines transformational development with knowledge and skills

• We can enable individual and collective leadership at all levels…

Example: Water Leadership Program created by the International WaterCentre in Brisbane: www.watercentre.org/leadership

Purpose of 5th Symposium

Thank you for your attention.

Wouter Lincklaen ArriënsAsian Development Bank

wlincklaenarriens@adb.org