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

OR

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!