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Developmental Leadership
and Evaluation
Danielle Campbell, Chris Roche and Linda Kelly,
Institute for Human Security and Social Change,
La Trobe University
The Warlpiri Education and
Training Trust (WETT)
WETT wins national Indigenous Governance Award, 2018
Cynefin Framework
Snowden and Boone (2007) ‘A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making’
Key Messages
- Mixed methods (Mertens and Hesse-Biber 2013; Cowen and
Cartwright 2019; Ang 2019)
- Feedback loops (Guijt and Roche, 2014; Ramalingam, Wild and
Buffardi 2019)
Generalisable
knowledge more
valuable &
usually created
through formal
Research or M&E
Local, contextual
knowledge more
valuable & often
created through
informal
exchange of
local knowledge
Key Messages - Power and politics matter
M&E Staff
Front-line staff, local people
Senior Staff
Generalised,
aggregated
succinct
knowledge
more valued
Local,
contextual,
rich
knowledge
& feedback
more
valued
And who is caught in
the middle?
Key Messages
- Developmental
leadership (Hudson,
McLoughlin, Roche and
Marquette, 2018)
- Appropriate
governance
arrangements
(Roche and Denney 2019)
WETT set-up: 2001-07
WETT Painting by
Advisory Committee
members: Barbara
Napanangka Martin,
Nancy Napurrurla Oldfield
and Maisie Napaljarri
Kitson.
Context
WETT M&E
2008-18
- Quantitative data
collection
- Financial reporting
- Capacity
measurement
- Social return on
investment
2008-18 M&E
- Interviewing
- Case studies
- Staff reflections
- Social network
analysis
2019 - Developing a WETT M&E
Framework
Co-facilitators -
Marlkirdi Rose and
Chris Roche
WETT Landowner and Advisory
Committee members – Oct 2019
PLUS
• Strong language and culture
• Strong young people,
families, leaders and
communities
• Respectful relationships with
outsiders
• Self-determination
What do WETT committee members
want WETT to support?
Implications
- Mixed methods approaches needed but the 'right' data/
methods mix influenced by politics, interests and world-
views.
- M&E practitioners must manage these different interests.
- Developmental leadership may be helpful.
- Appropriate M&E governance arrangements needed.
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Developmental Leadership and Evaluation

  • 1. Developmental Leadership and Evaluation Danielle Campbell, Chris Roche and Linda Kelly, Institute for Human Security and Social Change, La Trobe University
  • 2. The Warlpiri Education and Training Trust (WETT) WETT wins national Indigenous Governance Award, 2018
  • 3. Cynefin Framework Snowden and Boone (2007) ‘A Leader’s Framework for Decision Making’
  • 4. Key Messages - Mixed methods (Mertens and Hesse-Biber 2013; Cowen and Cartwright 2019; Ang 2019) - Feedback loops (Guijt and Roche, 2014; Ramalingam, Wild and Buffardi 2019)
  • 5. Generalisable knowledge more valuable & usually created through formal Research or M&E Local, contextual knowledge more valuable & often created through informal exchange of local knowledge Key Messages - Power and politics matter
  • 6. M&E Staff Front-line staff, local people Senior Staff Generalised, aggregated succinct knowledge more valued Local, contextual, rich knowledge & feedback more valued And who is caught in the middle?
  • 7. Key Messages - Developmental leadership (Hudson, McLoughlin, Roche and Marquette, 2018) - Appropriate governance arrangements (Roche and Denney 2019)
  • 8. WETT set-up: 2001-07 WETT Painting by Advisory Committee members: Barbara Napanangka Martin, Nancy Napurrurla Oldfield and Maisie Napaljarri Kitson.
  • 10. WETT M&E 2008-18 - Quantitative data collection - Financial reporting - Capacity measurement - Social return on investment
  • 11. 2008-18 M&E - Interviewing - Case studies - Staff reflections - Social network analysis
  • 12. 2019 - Developing a WETT M&E Framework Co-facilitators - Marlkirdi Rose and Chris Roche WETT Landowner and Advisory Committee members – Oct 2019
  • 13. PLUS • Strong language and culture • Strong young people, families, leaders and communities • Respectful relationships with outsiders • Self-determination What do WETT committee members want WETT to support?
  • 14. Implications - Mixed methods approaches needed but the 'right' data/ methods mix influenced by politics, interests and world- views. - M&E practitioners must manage these different interests. - Developmental leadership may be helpful. - Appropriate M&E governance arrangements needed.