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LEADING YOUR TEAM
TO GREATNESS
LEARNING FORWARD 2014 ANNUAL CONFERENCE
JASON SARSFIELD
DECEMBER 8, 2014
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National Charter Schools Institute
• The Institute is a values-driven, nonprofit organization
founded in 1995.
• Our mission is to strengthen the performance and
productivity of the charter schools sector.
• We coach and consult with boards, schools, authorizers,
support organizations and policymakers.
• Our team is composed of passionate professionals.
• We seek to understand, honor and support our clients.
• We believe in and strive to uphold the Golden Rule.
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Goals for Today
Share a Framework for
Greatness
Strengthen & Support
Leaders
Inspire Hearts & Minds
Answer Questions
Have Fun!
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THIS SLIDE DECK IS ACCESSIBLE AT
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RELATIONSHIPS
“People don’t care how
much you know until they
know how much you care.”
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“Good is the enemy
of great.”Jim Collins
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Superior Performance
Distinctive Impact
Lasting Endurance
What Is Greatness?
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Collins’ Good-to-Great Framework
OUTPUT RESULTS
STAGE 1: DISCIPLINED PEOPLE
INPUT PRINCIPLES
Level 5 Leadership
First Who, Then What
STAGE 2: DISCIPLINED THOUGHT
Confront the Brutal Facts
The Hedgehog Concept
STAGE 3: DISCIPLINED ACTION
Culture 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 ENDURANCE
Beyond Any Leader,
Idea or Setback
On the Communities
It Touches
Relative to Its Mission
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Building for
Breakthrough
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“Greatness . . . is largely a
matter of conscious
choice and discipline.”
Jim Collins
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“Know
Thyself”
The First Person You Lead Is Yourself
Who Said…
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The Most Consistently Admired
Characteristics of Leaders
Honest
Forward-Looking
Competent
Inspiring
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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
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Model the Way
Inspire a Shared Vision
Challenge the Process
Enable Others to Act
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Encourage the Heart5
Five Practices of Exemplary Leaders
Kouzes and Posner
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Leadership
Pyramid
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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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Chickens and Pigs!
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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?
ValuesWhat are the core things the organization will use to
guide and evaluate all of its actions and behaviors?
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WHAT REALLY MATTERS
Ensuring all students
are prepared for success in
college, work and life.
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“Doing everything keeps
us so busy we don’t have
time to think about what is
really important to us.”
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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.
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Where Do You
Spend Time?
First Things First
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Four Disciplines
of a Healthy
Organization
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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
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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
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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
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Organizations sustain their health
by ensuring consistency in…
• Hiring
• Managing performance
• Rewards and recognition
• Employee dismissal.
4: Reinforce Clarity
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Resources for Pursuing Greatness
Good-to-Great Diagnostic Tool
www.jimcollins.com/tools.html
The Advantage
Comprehensive Check List
www.tablegroup.com
Institute for Excellence in Education
www.ExcellenceInEd.org
Illinois Mathematics and
Science Academy
www.imsa.edu
IIT Boeing Scholars Academy
blogs.iit.edu/boeing_scholars/
Chicago Scholars
(88% to-and-through college in 6 yrs.)
www.ChicagoScholars.org
Project Lead The Way
www.pltw.org
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The Five
Temptations
of a CEO
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“Set the standards higher
for yourself than others
would set them for you.”
John Maxwell
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