LeadershipWeeks 4-6

Education 618C – Learning, Leadership and Reflective Practice

Facilitator: Dr. H.J. (Tom ) Thompson

Journey Objectives

• To examine the theoretical and practical models of leadership

• To apply leadership theory to practical higher education settings

• To develop a professional philosophy of leadership in a community college setting

Facilitator Expectations - I

• Complete the readings, etc. for the three week period and listen to the March 29th Elluminate lecture

• Contribute to the asynchronous large group (LG) activity on Moodle by posting to one another your insights, etc. to the LG focus questions

• Contribute (post) to your asynchronous small group (SG) activity on Moodle by delving deeper into the SG focus questions

• Prepare a first draft of your 2500 synthesis paper and post it on April 18th

Levels of Leadership Lecture

• Leadership as (Scientific) Management• Leadership as Excellence Management• Values Leadership• Trust Culture Leadership• Spiritual (Whole-Soul) Leadership

• “They relate to each other in terms of concentric circles”

Leadership as (Scientific) Management

• Leadership equals management in that it focuses on getting others to do work the leader wants done, essentially separating the planning (management) from the labor

• Control, planning, incentives and predictability• Optimal productivity & resource allocation• Measuring/appraising, organizing & resourcing• “Shaping the Managerial (Leadership) Mind”

Leadership as Excellence Leadership

• Leadership emphasizes quality and productivity processes improvement,– i.e. continuous quality improvement

• Changing or trying to enhance a system or create continual process improvement

• Keep the vision relevant • Innovation and improvement are critical• Transforming the common culture, and the

leader’s perspective, as well as changing follower’s perspectives

• “Manage (Lead) by Wandering Around”

Values Leadership

• Leadership is the integration of group behavior and shared values through setting values and teaching them to followers through an articulated vision

• Encourage self-led followers• Focuses communication around the

values, mission, vision and outcomes• Coaching and empowering• “Governance (Leading) as Stewardship”

Trust Culture Leadership

• Leadership is a process of building cultures within which the leader and follower trust each other to accomplish mutually valued goals

• Shared culture; team-building• Measuring/appraising/rewarding groups• Prioritization of mutual cultural values and

organizational conduct in terms of values• “Shared Leadership”

Spiritual (Whole-Soul) Leadership

• Leadership is the integration of the components of work and self – of the leader and each follower – into a comprehensive system that fosters continuous growth as self-directed leaders

• Inspiration, moral standards, intelligent organizations

• Modeling a service organization upon individual wholeness within a community

• “Lives of Moral Leadership”

Large Group Discussion Question(s)

• In no more than 3-4 sentences, and based upon your Fairholm & Fairholm, (2009) readings, describe your leadership philosophy. Are leaders born, not made? What effect does the environment have upon leadership skills, abilities and knowledge? Why are leaders even needed in organizations?

Small Group (SG) Discussion References

• Coles, R. (2000). Lives of Moral Leadership, New York: Random House, Inc.

• Peters, T. and Waterman R. (1982). In Search of Excellence, New York: HarperCollins Publishers

• Bolman, L.G., & Deal, T.E. (2008). Reframing Organizations: Artistry, Choice, and Leadership (4th ed.). San Francisco: Jossey-Bass

• Chait, R.P., Ryan, W.P. & Taylor, B.E. (2005). Governance as Leadership – Reframing the Work of Nonprofit Boards, Hoboken: John Wiley & Sons, Inc.

Coles R. Resource & SG Question(s)

• Resource: http://www.nytimes.com/books/first/c/coles-moral.html

• Question(s): Coles said, “We need heroes, people who can inspire us, help shape us morally, spur us on to purposeful action – and from time to time we are called on to be those heroes …” Share one of those times with your small group

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Peters T. and Waterman R. SG Question(s)

• Resource: http://www.businessballs.com/tompetersinsearchofexcellence.htm

• In referencing G. Burns, in his book Leadership, said, “Transforming leadership occurs when someone engages with others in such a way that leaders & followers raise one another to higher levels of motivation & morality.” Share an example from your college.

Bolman L.G. and Deal T.E. SG Question(s)

• Resource: http://www.tnellen.com/ted/tc/bolman.html

• Reframe your college organization, or one you have been associated with in the last 5 years, or one you would like to be associated with, using the structural, human resource, political and symbolic frames. One more thing. If you could add a fifth frame, what would it be? Why?

Chait R.P., Ryan W.P. and Taylor B.E. SG Question(s)

• Resource: http://www.lupus.org/webmodules/webarticlesnet/articlefiles/3050-Governance-as-Leadership.pdf

• It is said, “Generative governance serves institutions as both a resource of fresh approaches to familiar territory and a lucid guide to important new territory.”

• Is this happening in your college? Examples?

Contact Information

• Dr. H.J. (Tom) Thompson, President, Olds College

• E-mail: tthompson@oldscollege.ca

• Phone: 403 556-8301 (College)

• For more information on Olds College: www.oldscollege.ca

• For more information on Governance: http://thompsonongovernance.com/