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Political Acuity in Municipal Administration
Peter P. Constantinou, PhD
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Why is this important?
• Conflict
• Workplace tension/harassment
• Inefficiencies
• Better public services
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He just doesn’t get it.
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• a way of thinking and behaving; putting information and skills together to better guide choices and behaviour in a given context, to accomplish your goals and objectives
Constantinou, 2016
Political acuity is…
Adapted from Hartley, et al., 2013 4
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Environmental Issues
Political factors
Organizational dynamics/politics
Personalities
Informal
Formal
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Political Acuity Training/LearningPersonal and Interpersonal• Emotional Intelligence• Self-Awareness• Networking• Public Speaking• Influence• Building Trust and Rapport• Conflict Resolution• Negotiations• Leadership• Effective Communications Skills
Reading People and Situations• Organizational Design and Behaviour• Body language• Active Listening• Personality types (Myers Briggs, True
Colours, etc.)
Stakeholder Engagement and Strategic Alignment• Stakeholder Engagement• Stakeholder Management• Partnership Building and Management• Building Strategic Alliances
Environmental Scanning• Strategic Thinking and Planning• Critical Thinking• Risk Assessment/Analysis• Issues Management
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Political Blind Spot
Not consciously seeing the extent to which informal influence and external factors shapes
the decision-making process
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How do we get it?
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Mayor/Council
City Manager
Division Heads
Directors
Managers
Political-AdministrativeDichotomy
Staff
Good Public Policy
Set priorities &make decisions.
Provide good information & advice for informed decisions.Implement decisions.
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Policy making in government
Input Politics Output
Adapted from Easton
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Politics
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Put yourself in their shoes
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Decision-day exercises
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Decision Day
• Increase the policing budget
• Increase the EMS budget
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Decision Day
• Fund social housing over-haul repair and new development in Toronto
• Fund a relief line for the Yonge Subway in Toronto
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What keeps councillors/mayor up at night?
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What do you do when a counsellor calls you outside of
the chain of command?
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Understanding and dealing with optics
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Typical approach
• Pre-reading
• Political Acuity Self-Assessment Tool
• 1 or 2 day workshop
– Work through all 4 modules
– Tools, exercises, break-out sessions and role play
• Optional
– Creation of mentorship circles
– coaching