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‘Teeny Tiny Summit’
March Township, Carleton County
Greet five other
participants that you do not
know
That’s Us!
Welcome!
‘Marble Bar is best known as the stinking hot joint which is always seems to get a crack in the weather report!’(West Australian Newspaper, 20/4/16)
‘The nice thing about living in a small town is that when you don’t know what you’re doing, someone else does’ -Source Unknown
‘People who
care are a
community’s
greatest asset.’
-Paul Born
‘Ideas make the world
go around.
People in communities and
business today
live and die by their
ideas‘(Michael Kiely)
“Whoever invented the first wheel was smart. Whoever invented the
other three was a genius”
-Sid Caesar
‘You can’t move your town to a different location, you can move your town’s attitude in a different direction’-Heartland Center for Leadership Development
‘If you think Donnybrook is ugly, you should see Peter
Kenyon’
T Shirt
Tale of 2 Teeny Tiny Australian Towns
Harrow (population:98)Holbrook (population:1200)
Angela Newton, Publican, Hermitage Hotel, Harrow
'Harrow was down to being a two keg a week place, and struggling … it needed an outside income … we looked within and identified our assets - location to other tourism product, its history as the oldest inland town in Victoria, and a cemetery full of great stories. With these assets we have scripted a story
based on the towns heritage and folklore, and the rest is definitely
history ...’
(Angela Newton)
Pub went from 2 kegs to 20 kegs a week
$250,000 in ticket sales annually 3 new businesses in main street 3 new accommodation businesses Renewed sense of pride and
confidence Development of a $700,000
Indigenous Cricket Interpretive Centre Beaut Blokes Weekends – now
franchised nationally
HARROW ACHIEVEMENT
Beaut Bloke Weekends(Now franchised nationally by ‘Beyond Blue’)
Beatles tribute: Huge yarn bombing project transforms HMAS Otway into yellow submarine
Lesson No 1-
Acceptance that the future ain't what it used
to be
Lesson No 2.-
Realisation that whatever the issue, community is the
answer
Rule No 1: Citizens have the answers
Rule No 2: When in doubt, refer to Rule
No1
‘If we are wise, we will help the
people everywhere to get the good and abundant life…to become
masters of their own destiny’.
Rev Dr Moses M Coady
‘We are motivated by what we don’t have, to use
what we do have, to get
what we want’.
(Rev Dr Moses Coady)
‘Great communities don’t just happen! –They are created,
nurtured and sustained by caring, connected
and involved residents.’(Peter Kenyon)
‘Most communities can often be compared to an ice hockey game where 20,000 people who need the exercise, turn up to watch 12 players who don’t.’
(Peter Kenyon)
Lesson No 3.-
Recognition that Importance of local leadership
“Given the task of rejuvenating a region and the choice of $50 million, or $2
million and 20 committed local leaders, we would choose the smaller amount of money and
the committed leaders.”(McKinsey and Company (1994) Lead Local Compete Global: Unlocking the Growth of
Australia’s Regions)
‘Conventional wisdom suggests that for a small town to survive it needs to be near a major highway, have significant natural resources in the region, be close to a larger city or have some other “characteristic or circumstance” working in its favour. Yet in reality, leadership is proving to be more important than location and attitude is more important than community size’ -Heartland Center for Leadership Development
‘Leadership is the thing
that wins battles. I
have it, but I’ll be
damned if I can define
it’.-General George Patton
'Leadership is not necessarily a title or a
powerful position; it is a process, it is relational, it is making something happen, it is leaving a
mark.'(Lorraine Matusak)
1. Making Things Happen
‘A leaders task is to open doors and
windows’.
-John Gardiner
Focussing on Assets and Possibilities
‘If any one idea about leadership has inspired organisations and communities for thousands of years, it is the capacity to hold a shared picture of the future we seek
to create’ -Peter Senge
2. Creating vision
‘True leadership involves a vision and inspiring those around you and working with you to make that vision a reality’
-David Karpin
Police – Const-a-bull
‘If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more and become more, you are a leader.’
-John Quincey Adams
3. Inspiring Others
‘Leadership is that special quality which
enables people to stand up and pull the rest of us over the horizon’
-John Gardiner
‘I can’t save the
world on my own…it will
take at least three
of us.’(Bill Mollison, a founder of the
Permaculture Movement)
4. Facilitating Collaboration
Building Relationships
‘Relationship building is the fundamental action
of community and economic building.’
Libby Ozinga - Creator of
the Mainstreet Movement in Australia
Beechworth, Victoria
Case Study Beechworth Bakery
Employs 76 peopleTurns $8 million plus per year Took $30,000 over the counter on one
day Attracts over 800,000 customers per
year Offers 200 products Seats 300 customers Has won the most significant Regional
Tourism Award in Victoria 3 times
Replicated the bakery in 5 other towns (255 staff and $17 million in total turnover)
How do you make dough Tom’s way?
‘We are not in business to build products or services. We are in
business to build relationships‘
(Michael Lebooveff)
1.The Customer
TOM O’TOOLE VOUCHER
‘I spend a lot of money training my staff. Some locals think that I’m investing too
much money in my people and they say to me:“Tom, what if you train them and
they leave?”To which I usually reply:
“What if I don’t train them and they stay.’
(Tom O’Toole,
2. Staff
3.The Local Community
4. Other Businesses and Suppliers
The first duty of a leader is to instill optimism.’
(Field Marshall Montgomery)
‘A leader is a merchant of hope’(Napoleon)
5. Instilling Positive Mindset
‘Nowadays towns are really not so differentfrom businesses, they need to keep recreating themselves. Not so many years ago country towns were subject to general trends. They would all do well or all do badly. The picture is now very uneven. The successful towns are likely to be driven by people who are passionate and creative, who see an opportunity and go for it. You need communities with a bit of get up andgo spirit. Some have it, some don't.‘ -Roy Powell
‘I think negative people should be taxed. They require an
incredible amount of energy. They're like corgis nibbling at your ankles and I'm sure they exist to show us the difference
between heaven and hell.’(Vicki Buck, Deputy Mayor, Christchurch City Council)
‘When facing a difficult task, act as if it is impossible to
fail. When going after Moby Dick, bring along
the tartar sauce.’
6. Fostering Leadership
‘A leader creates leaders who creates leaders’.
(Carol McCall)
‘Leaders don’t create followers – they create
more leaders’(Tom Peters)
‘If you want a year of prosperity, grow grass.
If you want ten years of prosperity, grow trees.
If you want 100 years of prosperity, grow people.‘
(Scott’s Bluff Leadership)
TUMBARUMBA2KOKODA
‘Great communities don’t just happen! –They are created,
nurtured and sustained by caring, connected
and involved residents.’(Peter Kenyon)
Can figure out what these seven words all have in common-
1. Banana2. Dresser3. Grammar4. Potato5. Revive6. Uneven7. Assess
Can figure out what these seven words all have in common-
1. Banana2. Dresser3. Grammar4. Potato5. Revive6. Uneven7. Assess
Can figure out what these seven words all have in common-
1. ananaB2. resserD3. rammarG4. otatoP5. eviveR6. nevenU7. ssessA
Problem ScenarioYou are driving in a car at a constant speed.
On your left is a valley and on your right is a fire engine traveling at the same speed as you.
In front of you is a galloping pig which is the same size as your car and you cannot overtake it.
Behind you is a helicopter flying at ground level.
Both the giant pig and the helicopter are also traveling at the same speed as you.
What must you do to safely get out of this highly dangerous situation?
SolutionNever ride the children's merry go round when you are drunk. Get off. You will be safe.
‘Finished files are the result of years of
scientific study combined with the experience of many years of experts.’
How many ‘fs’ do you see?
’Strength lies in differences, not
similarities'.(Stephen Covey)
The Leadership Example of Pam Warhurst
The Power of Small Actions
‘There is no recipe for effective local
community and economic building- but there is a
set of important principles ’
(Peter Kenyon)
1.‘Success is an inside job’
‘The wisdom of the
community always exceeds
the knowledge of the
experts’
-Harold Flaming
Dr Ernesto Sirolli
‘The future of every
community lies in capturing the
passion, imagination, and resources of its
people’.(Ernesto Sirolli)
2.‘Focus on the positive’
3. Remember that discovery is not so
much about seeking new landscapes, but having fresh eyes…making the
invisible, invisible’
“At the end of the day, you cannot possibly know what a community needs, until they first know what they have.”
-Cormac Russell
4.‘Grow engagement’
‘Every community that is getting stronger has at its centre an effort to
build up a wider circle of people who choose to take action for the
common good.’
Mike Green
5.‘Have a WOW factor’
Elvis
Elvis
Elvis
Elvis parsley
6.’Communicate, Communicate,
and Communicate’
7. Engage this group!’
Bella Burgemeister: 11 year old Author
8. Have fun!’
Boredom and a lack of fun
‘The usual trouble with volunteers is not killing them with overwork, but boring them to death’-Harold Seymour
Top Reason Why Volunteers Leave?
“It stopped being fun!”
Use Humour and Novelty
‘If I can get you to laugh with me, you’ll like me better,
which makes you more open to my ideas’
-John Cleese
Lesmurdie Surf Club
Every morning in Africa a springbok wakes up.
It knows it must run faster than the fastest lion or it will be killed.
Every morning a lion wakes up.
It knows it must outrun the slowest springbok or it will starve
to death.
But it does not matter whether you are a lion or a
springbok;
When the sun comes up you had better be
Running!
What am I going
to do different
tomorrow?
‘Great communities don’t just happen! –They are created,
nurtured and sustained by caring, connected
and involved residents.’(Peter Kenyon)
Farina
Tom Harding (Restoration Coordinator) and Martin MacLennan (Baker)
Annual Outback Cricket Match