Personal Effectiveness-How am

I doing?Nascú

January 2016

Anticipation Survival Disillusionment Rejuvenation Reflection

(Moir,E. New Teacher Centre Santa Cruz 1999)

Establishment phase-Year 1

Tame, Critical and Wicked Problems Tame

Critical

Wicked

Follow the “Yellow Brick Road”

No waiting around, Decisions must be made

Complex, no right answer, no destination

The PDST is funded by the Department of Education and Skills

under the National Development Plan, 2007-2013

Thinking About Leadership Leadership is not presented in roadmaps to

success

It is about positive influence

It is complex and draws heavily on personal knowledge, skills and traits

Leaders make a difference

© PDST, 20104

Leadership Laws Based on Maxwell’s 21 Irrefutable Laws of

Leadership To be taken as a lens for looking at

leadership rather than a prescription No leader will display strength in all areas Meant as a way of looking at the profile

outlined on previous slide Each law can stand alone

Maxwell’s Laws The Law of the Lid The Law of influence The Law of process

The Law of navigation The Law of solid

ground Law of Intuition Law of timing

Strengths/weaknesses He who thinks he leads , but

has no followers, is only taking a walk

Leadership is a journey not a destination

Need a vision

Trust Leaders see what

others cannot Timing is crucial

The ‘Myth’ of the Complete Leader

Recent research is encouraging:

‘hundreds of people have struggled under the weight of the myth of the

‘complete’ leader! It is now becoming clear that an ‘incomplete leader’ who is authentic is likely to be more effective’

Ancona, Malone & Senge ‘In Praise of the Incomplete Leader (2011) HBR

What does it mean to be Authentic?

Authentic leaders have been described as those who:

demonstrate a ‘passion’ for their purpose practice their values consistently lead with ‘hearts’ as well as ‘heads’

[George et al, Discovering your Authentic Leadership, (2012), Boston]

Focus on life chances and opportunities-new JC

An advocate for students Firm but fair discipline .......

Hallmarks of purposeful relationship with students

Are you a Director/Strategist/Presenter or a Mediator?

What are your strengths? What are your challenges?

What kind of leader are you?

Domains Leading learning and teaching Leading school development Building culture, capacity and teams Professional growth and development Organisational Management

Self-evaluation of School Leadership-draft guidelines

A well-functioning school requires leaders who:-

Create a culture of professional learning that fosters continuous improvement in learning, teaching and assessment as the core functions of the school

Teacher competencies Inclusion and equality of opportunity Professional responsibility and accountability Manage the school curriculum

Leading Learning and Teaching

A well-functioning school requires leaders who:-

Establish and communicate a guiding mission and vision for the school and empower and support others in the achievement of the vision

Evidence-based school self-evaluation Build relationships Promote communication Manage and lead change

Leading School Development

A well-functioning school requires leaders who:-

Promotes a learning culture that fosters improvement, collaboration, innovation and creativity and recognises and celebrates individual and collective contributions and achievements

Builds teams Student voice

Building culture, capacity and teams

A well-functioning school requires leaders who:-

Maintain and further develop leadership competencies and awareness of leadership research through continuing professional development

Manage workload Critique practices Build professional networks

Professional Growth and development

A well-functioning school requires leaders who:-

Manage human and physical resources and organisational structures and strategies to create and maintain a learning organisation

Ethical standards Safe –functioning Communities of practice in the area of

management and leadership.

Organisational Management

Supportive Advisory Equal ...

Relationship with parents

Leader Manager Coach Motivator .........

Relationship with Staff

Inform Guide Advise Serve ......

Relationship with Board of Management

A thought...... ‘if you please everyone, you aren’t making

enough progress’ Mark Zukerberg (Facebook)