The Leadership Ladder So You want to Lead APPA Senior Management Conference September 12th 2009
Jan 21, 2015
The Leadership Ladder
So You want to LeadAPPA Senior Management Conference
September 12th 2009
Workshop Outline
• Leadership - What is it?• Leadership - What do effective leaders do?• Leadership - Tools to further develop leadership
effectiveness• Leadership - Examples of leadership in action
Macro and micro• Leadership - Structures and systems that support change• Leadership - Making it happen?
Could, should and why would one climb?
“If you want to build a ship, don't drum up people together to collect wood and don't assign them tasks and work, but rather teach them to long for the endless immensity of the sea” Antoine de Saint-Exupery
Leadership - No RecipeI often find inspiration about leadership and how to lead in quotes
Leadership - Your story
• Why are you a leader?• How did you become a leader?• What are your beliefs about leadership?• What do you enjoy most about leading?• Where do you want to take your leadership?
Leadership - No recipe
Think of a leader you admire, what do you admire about their leadership?
OR
Think about what gets up your nose about leaders you have been led by?
Jot down your thoughts and ideas
Leadership - What is it?
• You have 25 words only to define leadership
Leadership is …
Let’s Share
Everyone has a narrative that shapes their practice
Most important, leaders can conceive and articulate goals that lift people out of their petty preoccupations and unite them in pursuit of objectives worthy of their best efforts.John Gardner
Leadership Definition
• Leadership has been described as the “process of social influence in which one person can enlist the aid and support of others in the accomplishment of a common task.
• Alan Keith said "Leadership is ultimately about creating a way for people to contribute to making something extraordinary happen.”
• A simple definition of leadership is that leadership is the art of motivating a group of people to act towards achieving a common goal.
Power of Student Voice
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Leadership can be thought of as a capacity to define oneself to others in a way that clarifies
and expands a vision of the future.
Edwin Friedman
So what do effective leaders Do?
We have an understanding about what leadership is …
Chat with the person next to you
Role ModelBeing a learner
Walk the talkDo what you say you are going to do
ListenSincerely and intently to all stakeholders
MotivateGive feedback
Build Relationshiptake time to get to know people
ThinkIn all sorts of ways
My Colleagues Thoughts
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Let’s Imagine a leaders world like this …
What do these voices suggest one cling onto?
Leadership Parts
I
WE
IT
Developing self as a leader
Building relationships/ relating to and with the people
Developing strategies, knowledge and understandings to lead effectively
Transformational leadership in action SO WHAT
I
Developing Self ‘I’
Building self awarenessWhat are my preferences, strengths, weaknesses,
What do I need to work harder at? Finding your value add What makes me tick?, Spins my wheels?What do I lose time doing?Open to feedback and learningWhat do people think of me?, How do you actively receive feedback?, Why would I want to be led by you?
“Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”John Fitzgerald Kennedy
I
Developing Self ‘I’Being a Role ModelManaging your own wellbeing, work/life balanceUsing tools to help you understand selfMyers Briggs, Hermann Whole brain thinking, 4 P’s
“A great leader's courage to fulfill their vision comes from passion, not position.”John Maxwell
Developing ‘We’Actively builds Community Getting to know people you don’t knowTaking time to build relationship with all stake holdersValues differencesDeveloping Emotional intelligenceBeing congruent in how you act, and what you say and do.Checking on Morale (vote 5)Nurtures Leadership Actively builds leadership capacity in others
I
WE
Developing ‘We’Developing CultureTalk about the hard to talk about stuffSurface ‘How things are done around here’ discover the unspoken rulesDeveloping Norms “Go to the source”It’s about the peopleLove your people“It’s a terrible thing as a leader to look over your shoulder and no one is following”How to communicate effectively to connect with different people(Learning from Hermann)
I
WE
Developing ‘It’Big Picture ThinkingConceptualising the big picture, synthesizing ideasBeing StrategicKnowing where and how to start
Embed and Abandon Future TrendsBeing open to future predictionsChange agentGrow Leadership Knowledge/CapabilityNetworking, Reading, PDFullen calls it leading knowledgeablyDecision Maker
I
WE
IT
Big thinkers are specialists in creating positive, forward-looking, optimistic pictures in their own minds and in the minds of others. David J. Schwartz
Developing ‘It’ Cont.Being Disciplined(1 of Howard Gardner’s 5 Minds) Sticking to your Core Business - Lead LearningViewing with fresh eyesBeing presentBe creativeCreating room for change to happen from the floorCreating an environment and culture of risk takingOpen to Learning ConversationsBuilding capability around having the hard to have conversations
If you do not look at things on a large scale, it will be difficult to master strategy. Miyamoto Mursashi
Walking the talkApplying all elements (I, We, It) of leadership to transform, make a differenceEmbedded in a culture and attitude of continuous improvement
So What …
The key to successful leadership today is influence, not authority.Kenneth Blanchard
Leadership in ActionBig Picture
A big picture examples of leadership in action…
Getting people on board
• Putting all the leadership elements together (I, We, It) - How does one influence and motivate people within the organisation to reach a transformational outcome?
In 2005 it was time to revision The stage was set.
Creating Urgency - Having a valid need to drive change
Creating a Shared Purpose
• Generating a collective direction/shared purpose/vision
• Thinking about the process, being strategic. What are the questions to be answered?
• Ensuring all voices are heard• Creating ownership by thinking through together - ‘done with not
done to’
Tips and TechniquesWhat we have learnt
10/4 Voting strategy - John Edwards
If it’s important - Give it time (recent sports days to release teachers)
Include everyone - support staff, students, parents etc (Do your support staff understand the vision in your school?)
Being Strategic
Big Picture - Where to start?
Unpacked LLL Embed/Abandon
Vision
What does the teaching practice look like?
05
05
Strategic direction
Student profile clarity
Using images/metaphors
Collective
AFL Context PL lead teachers
Student Empowerment 07
Power of student voice
Numeracy PD06
08Unpacked
Community
Split screen thinking
Creating a shared language
09 PL school wide focus
Change influences
Change fundamentals
Our steps
Ahas
Audience Specific
Cross CurricularGoing deep
Change Enablers Keeping it Simple
Vision - Collective direction and purpose
Student Profile- What will the student leave the school being able to do as a result of the vision principles
Teaching Practice – What pedagogical practices are required to ensure that each student will leave after 6 years as the profile outlines
Aligning Practice with Belief
Intentionally Building Culture
Why focus on Culture?
One must understand the culture tounderstand the organization. Building anunderstanding of the complex layers withinan organization is a pre requisite for effectiveand significant change to occur. Stoll andFink reinforce that “careful internal diagnosisand understanding of cultural issues bearsmost fruit” (1996:91)
Defining Norms?
‘Believe it - Achieve it’‘Go to the Source’‘Room to grow’
Creating a shared language for how things are done around here
Meeting protocol’sSide talking is not okBeing late is not ok
You must unite your constituents around a common cause and connect with them as human beings.James Kouzes and Barry Posner
Leadership in ActionSystems Level
What systems and structures are required to enable risk taking, creativity and innovation from the floor?
Leadership Structures
PD Overview
Performance Management
Central Beliefs – We are all learners, Performance
management is maximising both informal and formal opportunities to improve
teacher effectiveness and ultimately raise student outcomes. An Effective
Performance appraisal process is owned by the individual,
evidence is collected to show growth overtime.
Tools/Strategies to support effective Leadership
Some possibilities…
Developing Leadership - Leading Learning
Power of Progressions
Tools to support reflectionAssists in setting rigorous goalsProvides a scaffold to give constructive feedbackHelps Answer
How am I going?Where am I going?Where to next?
Feedback
Feedback loops - Leaders too!Time for dialogue - ‘Open to learning conversations’Leadership buddies
Use of 360 surveys
I start with the premise that the function of leadership is to produce more leaders, not more followers.Ralph Nader
Leadership in Action Some more micro change examples
Implementing student led conferences
Student Led Conferences
Change Process
Outside Expert - Completing her PHD
Asked for teachers interested in trialing
Met to dialogue, question, discuss how we might go about it
Communicated to parents
Captured student, parent and teacher voices before, during and after the process
Gathered evidence - survey monkey
Pilot teachers shared back to the rest of the staff
What did the students think?
Flynn - It’s better than the three way
conferences. I prefer it more because I can just talk to my Mum
and dad and then they get to talk.
Sophie – I think I’d rather be with Student Led Conferences
because the three way conferences the teacher was usually the one
talking.
Kayla - It’s really fun to have 45 minutes to tell your parents
about your learning. I feel really happy – it’s really fun. I liked
showing my Mum the walls, especially
the Topic wall. I most enjoyed getting
time to talk to my Mum about my
learning.
Emily – Flicking through the pages in
the Star Learning Book and showing where I am up to in my Maths
strategies
Comments from room 4 students
Developing Learning Progressions
A 2009 Strategic Plan Goal is for students to be able to answer the questions
How am I going?Where am I going?Where to next?
The outcome is to provide Stretch for Learners Photos
Life Long Learner
July 05 –What are the qualities of successful self managing learners?
Asked Teachers What LLL looked like?
Collected Video Data of 100student responses
Life Long Learning
Growing Teacher Effectiveness - Creating Clarity
Differentiating Professional Learning
Mentor - Beginning Teacher ProgrammeMentor - New Experienced TeachersCoaching - Experienced RBS Teachers
Time is neutral and does not change things. With courage and initiative, leaders change things.Jesse Jackson
Making it Happen
Being Brave Setting Goals - Backward map plansBeing open and present to opportunities that ariseContinually developing I, We, It of leadership
It’s up to you - the choice is yours …
Do not follow where the path may lead.Go instead where there is no path and leave a trail.Harold R. McAlindon
If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.John Quincy Adams
“Leadership is much more an art, a belief, a condition of the heart, than a set of things to do. The visible signs of artful leadership are expressed, ultimately, in its practice.”Max Depree