illinois council for exceptional children christy chambers, ed.d. november 8, 2014
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Being Smart Isn’t Enough: Evidence-based Competencies
of Effective Leaders
Illinois Council for Exceptional ChildrenChristy Chambers, Ed.D.
November 8, 2014
Evidence-based Leadership
Butterfly Effect and Our Influence
Leading with Heart in Times of Cardiac Arrest
Leadership & Team Building Tools & Resources
Being Smart Isn’t Enough
Have you thought about this?
How good are you at this?
We’re on a leadership journey together.
Approach
Collaboration Assessment Federal vs State vs Local Funding Impact of Instructional Strategies on All
Students Outcomes-based Everything Personnel Evaluation and Shortages Standards Technology Whole School Solutions ???
The Big 10
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Evidence-based Leadership Practices
The Journey to Effective Leadership
Management and Leadership Shared Leadership Roles and Relationships Skilled Facilitation Formal and Informal Leaders Advocacy and Inquiry Systems Thinking Transformational Leadership
Evidence-based Leadership Practices
What’s more important?
Management knowledge and skills
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Leadership knowledge and skills
Leadership & Management
Do we get caught up in…
maintaining rather than …accepting reality rather than …
administering …copying …
focusing on structure …relying on control ….short-range view …
asking how and when … the bottom line …
accepting the status quo …being a classic good soldier …
doing things right …
Bennis & Goldsmith-Learning to Lead
Managers & Leaders
Characteristics - leaders & managers
Who am I working with?
What does my school/setting promote?
How do I spend my time?
Managers & Leaders
What’s more important?
Management knowledge and skills
Leadership knowledge and skills or equally important?
Leadership & Management
Doing things right or
doing the right things
for the right reasons
Difference?
Enable, Challenge, Model, Inspire & Encourage
Develop relationships with all stakeholders
Lead with head, heart and hands
Recognize and utilize shared leadership
Shared Leadership
Essential skills of your role
Strong working relationships-get to know principals personally and professionally
Consistent collaboration time
All staff professional development
Roles and Relationships
Implement the basics
Utilize process tools
Utilize problem-solving models
Promote collaborative environments
Skilled Facilitation
Recognize formal and informal thought leaders
Utilize formal and informal thought leaders
Set aside personal needs
Formal and Informal Authority
Current
Reflect values and goals
Easily communicated
Known by all stakeholders
Mission and Vision
Recognize importance of decision making
Value appreciative inquiry
Emphasize collaboration over advocacy
Emphasize what’s already working
Emphasize successes to promote shared image of future
Advocacy and Inquiry
Today’s problems come from yesterday’s solutions
The easy way out usually leads back in The cure can be worse than the disease Faster is slower Small changes can produce big results
Take a risk!
Systems Thinking
Transaction
Transition
Transformation
Buyer Beware!
Philosophy of change
Unity and shared purpose focus
Commitment of followers
Foundation of meaningful change
Personal power, values, morals and ethics
Transformational Leadership
Achieving mission and vision emphasis
Redesign jobs for meaning and challenge
Personal development and counseling
Transformational Leadership
Evidence-based Leadership
Butterfly Effect and Our Influence
Leading with Heart in Times of Cardiac Arrest
Leadership & Team Building Tools & Resources
The Journey to Effective Leadership
There are generations yet unborn whose very lives will
be shifted and shaped by actions you take…
Today TomorrowThe next day…
Butterfly Effect
Don’t underestimate your influence
Evidence-based Leadership
Butterfly Effect and Our Influence
Leading with Heart in Times of Cardiac Arrest
Leadership & Team Building Tools & Resources
The Journey to Effective Leadership
Someone influenced, mentored, taught & showed us the way.
How do we influence, mentor & teach others to find their paths?
How do we remain the mentor, the teacher in times of cardiac arrest?
I am who taught me
Caring
Unconditional love, support and acceptance:
Accepting children Accepting adults
SPIRIT
Beliefs
Feelings
Behaviors
Spirit: A Vital Ingredient
Intellectual
Emotional
Spirited/Inspired
Using Spirit to Lead SuccessfullyDr. Sandy Gluckman
IQ v EQ v SQ
Go to basics-teach your team how to put spirit in the driver’s seat & ego in the passenger’s seat.
Whether spirit or ego is in the driver’s seat can depend upon how safe we feel.
Spirit-A Core Leadership Competence
WhatJob descriptions, Contracts
How Relationships, Head, Heart &
Hands
Relationships
Being Smart Isn’t Enough!
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= Sustained Success
“You must capture and keep the heart of the original and supremely able man before his brain can do its best.”
Aim for the Heart: by Tom Mathews
Evidence-based Leadership
Butterfly Effect and Our Influence
Leading with Heart in Times of Cardiac Arrest
Leadership & Team Building Tools & Resources
The Journey to Effective Leadership
© 2014 IDEA Partnership
National Association of State Directors of Special Education
Alexandria, Virginia
Leading by Convening: A Blueprint
for Authentic Engagement
Discovering shared values
Building connections and relationships
Developing hybrid: Top Down, Bottom Up Leadership
Identifying technical, adaptive and operational challenges
15 years of working together
The Partnership Way
Coalescing around issues
Ensuring relevant participation
Doing the work together
Leading by Convening: Habits of Interaction
Informing: sharing and sending
Networking: exchanging
Collaborating: engaging
Transforming: commitment to consensus
Leading by Convening: Depth of Interaction
“Give value first, meaning “enter a new relationship without contingencies…enter as though you are already partners.”
--Jeffrey Gitomer
Leading by Convening
Early Childhood Transition Autism School Behavioral Health Multi-Tiered Systems of Supports Credit Flex Family, School and Community
Collaboration
Communities of Practice
“How to’s with templates for leading teams:
Building & Leading a team
Handling team challengeshow to get unstuckworking through disagreement
Evaluating & rewarding team productivity
Leading TeamsHarvard Business School Press
Checklist evaluating you as team leader
How to get “unstuck”
Checklist assessing your team’s goals
Forming a team
Role clarification worksheet
Promoting team interdependence
Leading Teams, Harvard Business Press
Team Process & Forms
Encourage the heart Model the way Inspire a shared vision Enable others to act Challenge the process
Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z., The Leadership Challenge
360° tool
30 evidence-based leadership behaviors
Compare your perspectives Compare to other leaders
Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z., The Leadership Challenge
360° tool
Leadership Behaviors1-10 Rating
Self Superv
Peers Direct reports
Treats people with dignity and respect
Follows through on promises and commitments
Is clear about his/her philosophy of leadership
Praises people for a job well done
Ensures that people grow in their jobs
Seeks challenging opportunities to test skills
Develops cooperative relationships
Makes certain that goals, plans, and milestones are set …
Leadership concept discussions and exchange
Free access to regularly published articles Welcomes feedback and exchange Occasional contributor, CASE Newsletter
Dennis Hooperwww.buildingfutureleaders.com
Great free resource!
Nutrition for the Heart: leadership concept discussions
1-Free Yourself from Damaging Associations2-What Services Do Servant Leaders Provide?3-Five Dysfunctions of a Team4-How Do I Convince My Boss We Need Help?5-First Followers as Leaders6-Leadership Is Influence, not Control7-Appreciative Inquiry Is an Alternative to Problem Solving8-Leadership from the Viewpoint of Followers 9-Keeping disagreements from Escalating into Conflict Dennis Hooper www.buildingfutureleaders.com
◦Leadership exercises◦Problem-solving scenarios◦Christy’s kitchen◦Leadership checklists◦Action planning template◦Recommended reading
Leading with Heart in Times of Cardiac Arrest Workbook:
Exercises for the Heart of a Leader
◦ Transformational leadership◦ Advocacy and inquiry◦ Skilled facilitation◦ Systems thinking◦ Leadership and management◦ Shared leadership practices◦ Roles and relationships◦ Formal and informal authority
The Journey to Effective Leadership/Chambers
Effective leadership practices/checklists
I effectively implement the basics of facilitation by … Preparing the room Beginning with an overview Identifying expectations Defining the problem Establishing criteria for evaluating solutions Identifying the root causes Generating alternative solutions Evaluating alternative solutions Selecting the best solution Developing an action plan Implementing evaluation plan Evaluating plan effectiveness Concluding and summarizing the meeting
I demonstrate knowledge of process tools & effectively use them by …
I promote collaborative environments to move shared work forward by …
Skilled Facilitation ChecklistHow often do you exhibit these behaviors?
Always / Sometimes / Must Begin
Build trust
Utilize team time for more nuts & bolts
Engage in group problem solving
Create your own scenarios
Problem solve relevant current & past challenges
Learn from past experiences
Leading with Heart in Times of Cardiac Arrest workbook: scenarios
An activity for teams:Create scenarios and identify:
◦the players◦the conflict◦alternative solutions from multiple perspectives
Problem Solving Scenarios
Action Step
Criteria Timeline
Deliverables
Persons Responsible
Resources Status
Action Planning Template
Competency Goal Action with deliverables
Timeline Criteria Responsible persons
Status
Utilizes appreciative inquiry to make decisions and promote collaboration
Utilize AI developing plan to reduce dropout rate
Identify facts
Recognize multi perspectives in plan
Use expertise of stakeholders
Plan consensus
Team survey 90% satisfaction w/process
Reduced dropout rate 4%
Leadership Behavior Implementation EXAMPLE
Welcome to Christy’s Kitchen
The “Iron Chef-type activity
How to use games for training
Team score sheet
Reflection
Christy’s Kitchen
What was your initial reaction… How do you feel now at the conclusion of …
What was the most significant challenge to you,(your team, if different)…
How well did you (your team) meet this challenge…
Include Reflection in Everything You Do
Do you think this activity relates to team development and if so, how?
Is there a “takeaway” for carryover to your work environment?
What did you like best… What did you like least and how would you change the activity…
Reflection continued
www.buildingfutureleaders.com, Dennis Hooper, Leadership Coach: sign up for regular leadership concept emails-interactive
www.ideapartnership.org, IDEA Partnership with free resources for downloading
www.sharedwork.com
www.leaderswithheart.com, Christy A. Chambers, Beyond the Box, LLC. Resources and activities
Recommended Websites
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= Sustained Success
“…people will forget what you said
people will forget what you did
…people will never forget how you made them feel.”
Maya Angelou
Thank you!