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RETHINKING LEADERSHIP: WHY IT IS IMPORTANT
Deb Gurke, Director of Board Governance
Wisconsin Association of School Boards
January 14, 2009
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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
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Organizational Effectiveness
Depends on the relationships
between and among team members…
and the staff…
and the community
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The Context Is Changing
The World,Wisconsin,and Expectations of Public Schools Are ChangingNCLB
WKCE
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Grassroots Economics
Smart Networking
Strong Opinions, Strongly Held
Sick Herd
Urban Wilderness
The End of Cyberspace
©Institute for the Future and KnowledgeWorks Foundation. Used with permission
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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
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Free and Reduced Lunch
Wisconsin's Information Network for Successful Schools, Department of Public Instruction
% Eligible # Not Eligible0
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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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http://www.pewcenteronthestates.org/
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Expectations of public education have changed
From inputs to outputs
All children can learn
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Traditional problem solving method
Gather Data
Analyze
dataFormulate a solution
Implement a solution
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“Some problems are so complex
that you have to be highly
intelligent and well-informed just
to be undecided about them.”
Laurence J. Peter
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Solving Wicked Problems
Gather Data
Analyze
dataFormulate a solution
Implement a solution
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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
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Creating and Sustaining Positive Culture
Beliefs – Values – Norms
How we act towards each other
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The Challenge
How do we operate as a team
so we can focus our energies
on student achievement ?
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“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