Illinois Council for Exceptional Children Christy Chambers, Ed.D. CEC President November 9, 2013.

Illinois Council for Exceptional Children

Christy Chambers, Ed.D.CEC President

November 9, 2013

Can/Should everyone lead?Leadership behaviorsWho has influenced us?Head, Heart and Hands“How” matters

Knowledge RespectAction ConfidenceHeart FollowersCommunication VisionInfluence ManagementSupport TransformingListening FacilitatingAccessible Sharing leadershipHumor EncouragingTaking risks ModelingGetting things done and more……….

Title?

Responsibility?

Influence?

Intelligence?

Past contributions?

Is everyone on your team a leader?

Should everyone be a leader?

Can everyone become a leader?

Why or why not???

Can we lead others before we are leaders in our own

lives?

Someone influenced & showed us the way.

How do we influence and show the way to others?

How do we remain the mentor, the teacher in times of cardiac arrest?

Conscious Choice: To care or not to care?

"People don't care how much you know

until they know how much you _____."

How do we remain the mentor, the teacher in times of cardiac arrest?

Unconditional support and acceptance

Intellectual Mind

Emotional Mind

Spirited/Inspired Mind

Dr. Sandy GluckmanUsing Spirit to Lead Successfully

Go to basics- put spirit in driver’s seat & ego in passenger’s seat

Whether spirit or ego is in the driver’s seat may depend upon how safe we feel

How?

Leadership is not just a role

A leader is who we are

Relationships is “HOW”

WhatJob descriptions

Contracts

How Relationships

Head, Heart & Hands

What’s more important?

◦Management knowledge and skills

◦Leadership knowledge and skills

Do we get caught up …

maintaining …

accepting reality …

administering …

focusing on structure …

relying on control ….

short-range view …

asking how and when…

the bottom line …

accepting the status quo …

doing things right …

Bennis & GoldsmithLearning to Lead

Management knowledge and skills

Leadership knowledge and skills

Or

equally important?

past performance

comfort zone

not embracing the present

passion for a subject &

compassion for a person

out of balance

If someone isn’t playing by the rules

If something isn’t going well

Our actions affect climate and credibility, health and stress.

It’s all in HOW.

There are generations yet unborn whose very lives will

be shifted and shaped by actions you take…

Today TomorrowThe next day…

Head+Heart = ?

Head+Heart = inaction

Heart+Hands = ??

Heart+Hands = no direction

Hands+Head = ??

Hands+Head = no following

Head+Heart = inactionHeart+Hands = no direction

Hands+Head = no following

Head + Heart + Hands Sustained Success

“You must capture the heart…

before the brain can do its best.”

Tom Mathews Aim for the Heart

Do we model, enable, inspire, challenge, and encourage the heart?

Doing things right versus doing the right things

Gain trust and respect firstWalk the talkAnd they will come………

Have the courage to acknowledge your own humanness

We learn lessons. There are no mistakes.

A lesson is repeated until learned.

Learning lessons does not end.

There is no better place than here .

What we make of our life is up to us.

Our answers lie inside of us.

Above all…

Respect, cherish, embrace, celebrate

birds for flying and

fish for swimming

Doing things right or doing the right things.

model, enable, inspire, challenge, and encourage

When team members collide

Development trumps discipline

Problem-solving strategies

Multiple perspectives

Key consideration:

multiple perspectives

The “Iron Chef-type activity

Games for training

Team score sheet

Reflection

Stay connectedUse your resources

Build bridgesSeek partnerships

Stay current

HOW?

Shared mission and vision Policy and advocacy Professional development Evidence-based practices Networking and online communities New tiered membership model Division expertise

Unconditional love, support and acceptance:

children &

adults

Do you have the same definition?

Has anything resonated with you?

Any new ideas?

“The manager may get things done right. The leader with heart does the right thing for the right reasons.” Chambers

Beyond the Box, LLC

HeartCaring

EncouragingUnconditional supportDoing the right things

Knowledge RespectAction ConfidenceCommunication VisionInfluence ManagementTaking risks Modeling Listening FacilitatingAccessible HumorSharing leadership Getting things done

Christy A. ChambersCEC President

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