Peter Kenyon - Keynote Speaker

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‘Teeny Tiny Summit’

March Township, Carleton County

Greet five other

participants that you do not

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’

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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

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

‘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

Can figure out what these seven words all have in common-

1. Banana2. Dresser3. Grammar4. Potato5. Revive6. Uneven7. Assess

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 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?

Farina

Tom Harding (Restoration Coordinator) and Martin MacLennan (Baker)

Annual Outback Cricket Match