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Illinois Council for Exceptional Children
Christy Chambers, Ed.D.CEC President
November 9, 2013
Can/Should everyone lead?Leadership behaviorsWho has influenced us?Head, Heart and Hands“How” matters
Knowledge RespectAction ConfidenceHeart FollowersCommunication VisionInfluence ManagementSupport TransformingListening FacilitatingAccessible Sharing leadershipHumor EncouragingTaking risks ModelingGetting things done and more……….
Title?
Responsibility?
Influence?
Intelligence?
Past contributions?
Is everyone on your team a leader?
Should everyone be a leader?
Can everyone become a leader?
Why or why not???
Can we lead others before we are leaders in our own
lives?
Someone influenced & showed us the way.
How do we influence and show the way to others?
How do we remain the mentor, the teacher in times of cardiac arrest?
Conscious Choice: To care or not to care?
"People don't care how much you know
until they know how much you _____."
How do we remain the mentor, the teacher in times of cardiac arrest?
Unconditional support and acceptance
Intellectual Mind
Emotional Mind
Spirited/Inspired Mind
Dr. Sandy GluckmanUsing Spirit to Lead Successfully
Go to basics- put spirit in driver’s seat & ego in passenger’s seat
Whether spirit or ego is in the driver’s seat may depend upon how safe we feel
How?
Leadership is not just a role
A leader is who we are
Relationships is “HOW”
WhatJob descriptions
Contracts
How Relationships
Head, Heart & Hands
What’s more important?
◦Management knowledge and skills
◦Leadership knowledge and skills
Do we get caught up …
maintaining …
accepting reality …
administering …
focusing on structure …
relying on control ….
short-range view …
asking how and when…
the bottom line …
accepting the status quo …
doing things right …
Bennis & GoldsmithLearning to Lead
Management knowledge and skills
Leadership knowledge and skills
Or
equally important?
past performance
comfort zone
not embracing the present
passion for a subject &
compassion for a person
out of balance
If someone isn’t playing by the rules
If something isn’t going well
Our actions affect climate and credibility, health and stress.
It’s all in HOW.
There are generations yet unborn whose very lives will
be shifted and shaped by actions you take…
Today TomorrowThe next day…
Head+Heart = ?
Head+Heart = inaction
Heart+Hands = ??
Heart+Hands = no direction
Hands+Head = ??
Hands+Head = no following
Head+Heart = inactionHeart+Hands = no direction
Hands+Head = no following
Head + Heart + Hands Sustained Success
“You must capture the heart…
before the brain can do its best.”
Tom Mathews Aim for the Heart
Do we model, enable, inspire, challenge, and encourage the heart?
Doing things right versus doing the right things
Gain trust and respect firstWalk the talkAnd they will come………
Have the courage to acknowledge your own humanness
We learn lessons. There are no mistakes.
A lesson is repeated until learned.
Learning lessons does not end.
There is no better place than here .
What we make of our life is up to us.
Our answers lie inside of us.
Above all…
Respect, cherish, embrace, celebrate
birds for flying and
fish for swimming
Doing things right or doing the right things.
model, enable, inspire, challenge, and encourage
When team members collide
Development trumps discipline
Problem-solving strategies
Multiple perspectives
Key consideration:
multiple perspectives
The “Iron Chef-type activity
Games for training
Team score sheet
Reflection
Stay connectedUse your resources
Build bridgesSeek partnerships
Stay current
HOW?
Shared mission and vision Policy and advocacy Professional development Evidence-based practices Networking and online communities New tiered membership model Division expertise
Unconditional love, support and acceptance:
children &
adults
Do you have the same definition?
Has anything resonated with you?
Any new ideas?
“The manager may get things done right. The leader with heart does the right thing for the right reasons.” Chambers
Beyond the Box, LLC
HeartCaring
EncouragingUnconditional supportDoing the right things
Knowledge RespectAction ConfidenceCommunication VisionInfluence ManagementTaking risks Modeling Listening FacilitatingAccessible HumorSharing leadership Getting things done
Christy A. ChambersCEC President
Beyond the Box LLC815-363-9329 (O)815-703-6869 (C)
