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RETHINKING LEADERSHIP: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
Deb Gurke, Director of Board Governance
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
January 14, 2009
The Effective Leader
“The ability to communicate across
the various constituencies of the
organization (both internal and
external) is the key to effective
leadership.”
Margaret
Wheatley
Organizational Effectiveness
Depends on the relationships
between and among team members…
and the staff…
and the community
The Context Is Changing
The World,Wisconsin,and Expectations of Public Schools Are ChangingNCLB
WKCE
Grassroots Economics
Smart Networking
Strong Opinions, Strongly Held
Sick Herd
Urban Wilderness
The End of Cyberspace
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Income
Making Opportunity Affordable–Wisconsin, Planning Grant, October 2008 - September 2009
Minnesota U.S. Average Wisconsin$32,000
$33,000
$34,000
$35,000
$36,000
$37,000
$38,000
$39,000
Free and Reduced Lunch
Wisconsin's Information Network for Successful Schools, Department of Public Instruction
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Wisconsin's Information Network for Successful Schools, Department of Public Instruction
Diversity
% American Indian
% Asian % Black % Hispanic % White0
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Making Opportunity Affordable–Wisconsin, Planning Grant, October 2008 - September 2009
Baccalaureate degrees
Minnesota U.S. Average Wisconsin0%
5%
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Expectations of public education have changed
From inputs to outputs
All children can learn
Traditional problem solving method
Gather Data
Analyze
dataFormulate a solution
Implement a solution
“Some problems are so complex
that you have to be highly
intelligent and well-informed just
to be undecided about them.”
Laurence J. Peter
Solving Wicked Problems
Gather Data
Analyze
dataFormulate a solution
Implement a solution
Distinguishing Technical from Adaptive Challenges
What’s the Work Who Does the Work?
Technical
Apply Current Know-how
Authorities
Adaptive
Learn new waysThe people with the problem
Creating and Sustaining Positive Culture
Beliefs – Values – Norms
How we act towards each other
The Challenge
How do we operate as a team
so we can focus our energies
on student achievement ?
“Well-functioning, successful teams usually
have chemistry that can’t be quantified.
They seem to get into a virtuous cycle in
which one good quality builds on another.”
Jeffry Sonnenfeld,
Harvard Business Review
September, 2002