TRAITS OF LEADERS
- Technical Competence
- Conceptual Skill
- People Skills
- Judgement
- Character
Leaders act from an internal focus. ie) What do I have control over. NOT What control do others have over me and the situation.
Good to Great (Collins 2000) -
- Understand what your strengths are and play to these while aiming to be as good as you can be in other areas.
- Pursue what you are passionate about (for me at the moment this is info literacy)
Fullan (1996) Vision should have 3 attributes:
- sharedness - everyone shares the same vision
- concreteness -the degree to which people can really see what the vision will look like
- clarity -the degree to which people are skilled at carrying it out
LEADING FROM THE MIDDLE
TL leads through influence rather than from a position of control. To have influence the TL must:
- establish one's expertise
- work collegially
- maintain a good "say/do" ratio
- establish a process for continual assessment and reflection
STRATEGIC LEADERSHIP
Key steps are:
- anticipating what needs to happen,
- devise a plan to set a course of action
- organise resources to carry out the plan for success
Strategic Leadership requires
- setting standards for performance and measuring performance against those standards
Involve teachers, students parents etc in setting the direction for the vision. - Opportunism - seize opportunities as they arise
REFLECTION
Effective leaders reflect at least once a year on:
- what they can do differently next year
- What will I stop doing that I did last year
- How and when will I know I am making progress
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