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Your Way of Leading. Ayanna Hill-Gill Head’s Network October 2014. How do leaders define leadership?.
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Your Way of Leading Ayanna Hill-Gill Head’s Network October 2014
How do leaders define leadership? “Leadership starts with knowing who you are and what you stand for. Do some honest self-evaluation. When you understand your strengths and weaknesses, you can work to build the best teams around you, leveraging diverse talent and complementary strengths.” Sallie Krawcheck CEO, Citi Global Wealth Management
How would you describe your style of leadership? Meyers Briggs- personality type DiSC profiles- behavioral tendencies Strengths Finder by Marcus Buckingham 360 evaluations to get feedback
Think Pair Share What are your biggest strengths as a leader? What strengths do you want to develop going forward? How will you develop them?
Moral Leadership The Heart – (what I value and believe) The Head – (my mindscape of how the world works) The Hand – (my decisions, actions and behaviors) Thomas J. Sergiovanni
Five Practices of Good Leadership 1. Modeling the Way 2. Inspiring Shared Vision 3. Challenging the Process 4. Enabling Others to Act 5. Encouraging the Heart The Leadership Challenge by J. Kouzes & B. Posner
7 Traits of an Effective School Leader 1. Make others feel important. 2. Promote your Mission. 3. Follow the Golden Rule. 4. Admit mistakes. 5. Offer constructive criticism to individuals in private. 6. Stay close to the action. 7. Celebrate successes. -ISM
What would be your next job if…. You weren’t afraid of moving? You weren’t afraid of what your partner/spouse would do? You weren’t afraid of how your children or family would transition? You weren’t afraid of whether or not you are prepared enough? Good enough? Smart enough? YOU HAD NO FEAR!!!!
THINKING ABOUT NEXT STEPS Why do you want to become a HOS, Administrator, or take a new Position? What are your values that have to be reflected in your next school? What are the things that you like about your current job? Why were you hired at your current job? What barriers do you face (or have faced) in exercising leadership or advancing in leadership? How do you see yourself confronting those barriers going forward?