Sunday, June 22, 2014

Leadership Day, Term 4 - Session 2

Christine Smith, Helix Consulting


Developing yourself as a leader and teaching professional requires:
  • knowledge of self
  • intentional learning, inquiry
  • deliberate behaviours
  • regard for others...
  • loyalty
  • resilience
  • integrity
'We are what we repeatedly do.  Excellence, then is not an act, but a habit.' - Aristotle


Give yourself permission to lead.  Take time to think.

The complexity of professional life challenges us daily

  • parents
  • colleagues
  • students 
  • family
  • traffic
  • friends
  • ourselves
  • ...
Roadblocks to peak performance
  • I've hit a roadblock and I'm not able to move ahead...
  • The meeting after the meeting.
  • Guerilla meetings
  • Camouflaged agents - yes, yes... but no.
  • Heretic posturers
We need
  • Authentic builders 
Co-founding leaders
  • Work for the common good
  • Signal trust and allegiance
  • Constructive response
  • Behave Authentically
  • Relational trust - Bryk and Schneider (2002) - Reina and Reina (1999)
  • What do I do?
  • What does this mean?
  • How did I come to be this way?
  • How might I do this differently, better? (Dean Fink, 2005)

'The wise and virtuous man is at all times willing that his own private interest should be sacrificed in the public interest.' - Adam Smith

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