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IAASE September 20, 2012

Christy Chambers, Ed.D.

Identify ◦ principles of effective leadership ◦ research-based leadership behaviors

Provide ◦ team building strategies & resources ◦ leadership development strategies & resources ◦ leadership skill development templates

Special Education Directors

Special Education Supervisors/Coordinators/Principals

General Education Administrators

Related Services Personnel

Parents

Others:

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Leading with Heart in Times of Cardiac Arrest

Evidence Based Leadership Practices

Increasing the Leadership Quotient of Your

Teams

Leading with Head, Heart and Hands: Tools and Resources

Knowledge Respect Action oriented Confidence Heart Has followers Communication Visionary Influence Manager Supportive Transformational Listener Facilitator Accessible Shares leadership Humor Encourager Takes risks Role Model Gets things done and more……….

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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?

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Head+Heart = ?

Heart+Hands = ?

Hands+Head = ?

Head + Heart + Hands = Sustained Success

Doing things right versus doing the right things.

How do we use team meetings?

Do we model, enable, inspire, challenge, and encourage?

Gain trust and respect first

Walk the talk

And they will come………

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Doing things right versus doing the right things.

How do we use our team meetings?

Do we model, enable, inspire, challenge, and encourage the heart?

When team members collide

Development trumps discipline

Problem-solving scenarios

Multiple perspectives

2 Administrators

Compromised effectiveness

Affecting students and staff

Must work together

What can you do? What should you do?

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An activity for teams:

Create scenarios and identify:

◦ the players

◦ the conflict

◦alternative solutions from multiple perspectives

Teachers

Paraprofessionals

Administrators

Key to an effective learning experience:

-solutions from multiple perspectives

Your Organization’s Culture-Compliance or Commitment?

How to Identify and Articulate Your Values

Is Personal Achievement Replacing Healthy Relationships?

Two Huge Benefits of Collaboration

Leadership from the Viewpoint of Followers

Okay, Director-Where Do I Focus the Spotlight? Dennis Hooper www.buildingfutureleaders.com

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Christy’s Kitchen and other activities

Problem-solving Scenarios

Leadership Behavior Checklists

Action Planning Templates

Websites

Bibliography

Leadership Workbook

Encourage the heart

Model the way

Inspire a shared vision

Enable others to act

Challenge the process

The Journey to Effective Leadership/Chambers 2010 ◦ Transformational leadership

◦ Advocacy and inquiry

◦ Skilled facilitation

◦ Systems thinking

◦ Leadership and management

◦ Shared leadership practices

◦ Roles and relationships

◦ Formal and informal authority

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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 tolls and effectively utilize them by ...

I promote collaborative environments to move shared work forward by …

Action Step

Criteria

Timeline

Deliverables

Persons Responsible

Resources

Status

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%

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Bennis, Warren and Goldsmith, Joan, Learning to Lead

Cottrell, David and Layton, Mark C., Listen Up! Customer Service

Covey, Stephen R., The 8th Habit

Covey, Stephen R., Stories of the Courage to Teach: Honoring the Teacher’s Heart

Gluckman, Sandy, Ph.D., Who’s in the Driver’s Seat? Using Spirit to Lead Successfully

Greive, Bradley Trevor, The Book for People Who Do Too Much

Krempl, Stephen F., Leadership ER – A Health Checkup for You and Your Team

Novak, Christopher, Conquering Adversity – Six Strategies to Move You and Your Team Through Tough Times

Kouzes, James M. and Posner, Barry Z., The Leadership Challenge

www.buildingfutureleaders.com, Dennis Hooper, Leadership Coach: sign up for regular leadership concept emails-interactive

www.leaderswithheart.com, Christy A. Chambers, Beyond the Box, LLC. Resources and activities

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The “Iron Chef-type activity

How to use games for training

Team score sheet

Reflection

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…

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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…

◦ Leadership exercises

◦ Problem-solving scenarios

◦ Christy’s kitchen

◦ Leadership checklists

◦ Action planning template

◦ Recommended reading

head •knowledge

• skills

hands •doer

• followers

heart • caring

• collaborator

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Christy Chambers, Ed.D.

Beyond the Box, LLC

Beyondthebox.christy@gmail.com

815-363-9329 (O)

815-425-2758 (F)

www.leaderswithheart.com