Darlene Chambers, Ph.D Jim Goenner, Ph.D Accelerating Alignment to Last
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Darlene Chambers, Ph.D Jim Goenner, Ph.D
Accelerating Alignment to Last
Goals for Session
KIDS!!!
Inspire Hearts & Minds
Challenge Conventional Thinking
Provide Strategies
Have Fun!
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3 Clarify Roles & Responsibilities
RELATIONSHIPS
“People don’t care how much you know until they
know how much you care.”
The Five Temptations of a CEO
Invulnerability Over Trust
Harmony Over
Conflict
Certainty Over
Clarity
Popularity Over
Accountability
Status Over
Results
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Exercise: Start with WHY…
What’s Your Team Building?
KIDS & FAMILIES
Authorizers
Boards & Ed Providers
Schools
Structural Overview
Charter School
State & Federal
Law
Authorizer & Charter Contract
Board Policies &
Procedures
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Aligning for Greatness
Develop a Relationship of Mutual Trust & Respect
Set Clear Performance Expectations – No Surprises!
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Establish a Shared Vision & Values
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What Do We Want Our Collective Impact to Be?
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Good, Not Great
Inflection Point
Good, Not Great
Matched-Pair Selection
Comparison Cases
Good–to–Great Cases
GAP
Framework for Greatness
Deliver Superior Performance
Make a Distinctive Impact
Achieve Lasting Endurance
Great Organizations…
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““ “ _____???_____ is the enemy of great.”
Jim Collins
The Flywheel
Building for Breakthrough
People Need Systems to Turn the Flywheel
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• Principles and practices for predictably achieving goals
• Processes that are specific, orderly, and repeatable
• Leverage time, money and abilities • Deliberate, intentional and practicable
How Successful People Grow by John C. Maxwell
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization
Cohesive teams build trust, eliminate politics, and increase efficiency by … • Knowing one another’s unique strengths and
weaknesses. • Openly engaging in constructive, ideological conflict. • Holding one another accountable for behaviors and
actions. • Committing to group decisions.
1: Build a Cohesive Leadership Team
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:
Healthy organizations minimize the potential for confusion by clarifying … • Why do we exist? • How do we behave? • What do we do? • How will we succeed? • What is most important—right now? • Who must do what?
2: Create Clarity
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:
Shared Values Guide Actions & Behaviours
TEAMWORK
• We recognize that no one of us is as good as all of us.
• We will put the team’s goals before our own.
• We will collaborate.
• We can be relied upon to fulfill commitments.
• We are accountable for ourselves and to each other.
• We will celebrate our successes and have fun.
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Healthy organizations align their employees around organizational clarity by communicating key messages through … • Repetition: Don’t be afraid to repeat the same message again and
again.
• Simplicity: The more complicated the message, the more potential for confusion and inconsistency.
• Multiple Mediums: People react to information in many ways; use a variety of mediums.
• Cascading Messages: Leaders communicate key messages to direct reports; the cycle repeats itself until the message is heard by all.
3: Over-Communicate Clarity
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:
Organizations sustain their health by ensuring consistency in … • Hiring • Managing performance • Rewards and recognition • Employee dismissal
4: Reinforce Clarity
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:
““ “Greatness . . . is largely a
matter of conscious ___???______ and
discipline.”
Jim Collins
A Simple Way to Frame Roles
Authorizers &
Boards
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To Ensure
Management &
Schools
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To Execute
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Leadership Pyramid
What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
Level 3 Leader • Organizes people and resources
toward the effective and efficient pursuit of predetermined objectives.
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What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
Level 5 Leader • Ambitious first and foremost for the
cause, the organization, the work — not themselves.
• Displays a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.
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Winners Want to be Associated with a Board/Authorizer that …
• Knows its purpose and why it exists • Understands it is the highest authority in
the organization
• Knows it represents the public • Is disciplined in its role and behaviors and
those of its individual members
• Is trustworthy and predictable
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Winners Want to be Associated with a Board/Authorizer that …
• Uses its authority to empower, not strangle • Ensures the organization is effective
and efficient • Has high expectations and measures
performance
• Is unafraid to judge, but does so fairly
• Continuously earns credibility
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“We believe boards that govern for greatness ask wise
questions and measure things that really matter.”
Dr. James Goenner National Charter Schools Institute
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WHAT REALLY MATTERS
Ensuring all students are prepared for success in
college, work and life.
Key Renewal Questions
Academic Financial Organizational
Is the educational program a success?
Is the school
financially viable?
Is the
organization effective and
well run?
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“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you
can do.”
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