Leading your Team to Greatness - Dr. James Goenner, National Chater Schools Institute (New Jersey Charter School Confrence 4/7/2014)

LEADING YOUR TEAM TO GREATNESS

NEW JERSEY CHARTER SCHOOLS ANNUAL CONFERENCE

DR. JAMES N. GOENNER | APRIL 7, 2014

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Goals for Today

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Share a Framework for Greatness

Strengthen & Support Leaders

Inspire Hearts & Minds

Answer Questions

Have Fun!

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Superior Performance

Distinctive Impact

Lasting Endurance

What Is Greatness?

““ “Good is the enemy

of great.”Jim Collins

Collins’ Good-to-Great Framework

OUTPUT RESULTS

STAGE 1: DISCIPLINED PEOPLE

INPUT PRINCIPLES

Level 5 Leadership

First Who, Then What

STAGE 2: DISCIPLINED THOUGHTConfront the Brutal Facts

The Hedgehog Concept

STAGE 3: DISCIPLINED ACTIONCulture of Discipline

The Flywheel

STAGE 4: BUILDING GREATNESS TO LAST

Clock Building, Not Time Telling

Preserve Core, Stimulate Progress

DELIVERS SUPERIOR PERFORMANCE

MAKES A DISTINCTIVE IMPACT

ACHIEVES LASTING ENDURANCEBeyond Any Leader,

Idea or Setback

On the Communities It Touches

Relative to Its Mission

Achieving Breakthrough

The Flywheel

““ “Greatness . . . is largely a matter of conscious choice and discipline.”

Jim Collins

“Know Thyself”

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The First Person You Lead Is Yourself

Who Said …


The Most Consistently Admired Characteristics of Leaders

Honest

Forward-Looking

Competent

Inspiring


How Leaders Earn Credibility

• “They practice what they preach.”

• “They walk the talk.”

• “Their actions are consistent with their words.”

• “They put their money where their mouth is.”

• “They follow through on their promises.”

• “They do what they say they will do.”

The Leadership Challenge


Model the Way

Inspire a Shared Vision

Challenge the Process

Enable Others to Act

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Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders

Kouzes and Posner

Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization


Cohesive teams develop 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


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


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


Organizations sustain their health by ensuring consistency in …

• Hiring • Managing performance• Rewards and recognition• Employee dismissal.

4: Reinforce Clarity

“Doing everything keeps us so busy we don’t have time to think about what is really important to

us.”

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WHAT REALLY MATTERS

Ensuring all students are prepared for success in

college, work and life.

Where Do You

Spend Time?

First Things First

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How Clear Is Your Organization About Its...

Vision

Mission

What is the organization really trying to accomplish? Is it compelling? Will it make a significant difference?

How will the organization proceed with making this vision a reality?

Values What are the core things the organization will use to guide and evaluate all of its actions and behaviors?


The Power of Clarifying Values

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.


The Power of Values

FORWARD-LOOKING

• We dare to be different.

• We are willing to take risks.

• We are not limited by others.

• We strive to exceed expectations.

• We inspire growth in ourselves and others.

COMMITMENT

• We are persistent.

• We lead with passion.


The Power of Clarifying Values

INTEGRITY

• We will tell the truth.

• We will be open to feedback.

• We trust each other to speak our minds.

• We will always strive to do the right things for the right reasons.

RESPECT

• We communicate with candor and tact.

• We will be tough on the issue, not on the person.

• We value people for who they are and what they bring.


Is the academic program a success?

Is the school financially viable?

Is the school equitable & organizationally sound?

Key Renewal Questions


Interviews with Board, Administration, Team and Parents

Observation of School and Classrooms

Review of Documents

The Renewal Site Visit

The Five Temptationsof a CEO

Level 5 Leadership Pyramid


Level 5 Leaders

• Ambitious first and foremost for the cause, the organization, the work—not themselves.

• Display a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.

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“““Set the standards higher for yourself than others would set them for you.”

John Maxwell

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