Toxic Leadership. What is it?
Toxic leadership is brought about by lack of self-awareness, lack of self-control and confidence, all of which are seeded by self-interest. As a result, a toxic leader’s subordinates don’t like him or her. Toxic leaders care all about themselves. They only think of their own feelings and disregard those of others. Somehow, toxic leadership is related to autocratic leadership style.
Such leaders act aggressively and treat others terribly. Characteristics Of A Toxic Leader: Self-destructive. Thoughts on Will Richardson’s fine 19 Bold Ideas for Change in Education. Enjoy the short video above- it is very much worth the six minutes.
It is the time of year when many are looking ahead to opening of the school year faculty and departmental meetings, so it is a good time to start sharing valuable short videos which can be used for inspiration and illumination at these meetings. This six minute video is a great candidate (and I intend to share a list soon); it is a very current (ISTE 2012) talk in which author and provocateur Will Richardson lays out his challenge to us: Bold Ideas for Change in Education. So What? As the new school year approaches, many principals around the country will be implementing a new teacher evaluation instrument.
As you visit teacher classrooms looking for specific indicators, I encourage you to ask the simple question, “So What?” These two words can cause you to go beyond the surface and get a deeper understanding of what is really taking place in any classroom. For instance: So what if you recently joined twitter! Show me how an article or a stream of conversations led to implementation resulting in higher student achievement. The 6 People You Need in Your Corner. The Six Enemies of Greatness (and Happiness) The Do's and Don'ts of Supporting the Reluctant Teacher. I want to talk about a mythical creature – the Reluctant Teacher.
This teacher has no desire to try anything new – it either does not interest them, or they do not see how it can possibly improve the way they teach. Despite the whole school, and even the whole profession heading in a particular direction, the Reluctant Teacher does their bit in holding back the tide. After all, they know best. Eventually, though, the impossible happens, and they yield, cautiously embracing change. But how does this happen? Don’t pair up your “strong” teacher with your Reluctant Teacher. Do let teachers know that this is training – that is, they are allowed to try new things and fail, without any concerns of being judged.
ARTICLES: 21 Solution-Focused Techniques. © 2011, Coert Visser Several informal surveys have given an impression of the relative popularity of different solution-focused techniques.
The following 21 techniques seem to belong to the most well-known and popular solution-focused techniques: scaling questions, the past success question, the preferred future question, the platform question, the exception seeking question, reframing, indirect compliments, the miracle question, summarizing in the words of the client, the what-is-better question, normalizing, the usefulness question, the observation question, the perspective change question, the coping question, the continuation question, the prediction suggestion, leapfrogging, and mutualizing.
Below is a description of these techniques. 10 Things in School That Should Be Obsolete. Brief Thoughts On Leadership And Connectedness... My friend Kristina said this today: What's wrong with "the box"? It confines & doesn't make you stretch your own abilities. #getoutofyourbox #MALT15 — Kristina Peters (@Mrskmpeters) July 19, 2012. What Schools Can Learn from Marissa Mayer. Marissa Mayer‘s move to Chief Executive at Yahoo from Google has made its way across the news, but just who is this creative spirit that led Google in so many areas and what can schools striving to be innovative cultures learn from her? Lead from the Middle: The 9 New, New Leadership Principles. There are several solid leadership chats and discussions that happen through social media. Tuesday nights, there are two tweet chats that bring people together — #leadershipchat and #leadfromwithin. Earlier this week, I participated in both.
It was leadership conversations in stereo, streaming continuously in 140 characters! What is Ethical Leadership and Six Steps to Ethical Decision Making @ Nick Burnett. Ethical Leadership – What is it? This is a follow on from my previous blog post in relation to Ethical Leadership and Physical Restraint and explores the concept of Ethical Leadership in more detail. I believe that leaders have a particular responsibility in the creation of an ethical culture within their organisations and displaying Ethical Leadership through walking the walk as well as talking the talk is vital. 18 Steps to Better Educational Innovation Leadership: Advice from Christensen’s Innovator’s DNA. Heidi Hayes Jacobs: ”If you’re not updating your curriculum, you are saying that nothing is changing.”
“Nearly two-thirds (63 percent) of school administrators who responded to a recent survey said 1:1 computing classrooms where teachers act as a coach for students are the future of education.” ( T.H.E Journal) 2011 Lesson #1 – Vision has to trump administration. The Zone, a renovated workspace at NBCS 2011 2011 has been an amazing year for me professionally – a year of great change at NBCS and a year of outstanding opportunities, travel and thinking for me.
It has also been a year of new connections. I am going to try and capture some of the main insights during 2011 gained in a sequence of blogs. 2011 Lesson #1 – Vision has to trump administration. Sharing. Learning. Leading. The Leadership Dangers of Confusing Introversion with Shyness. The Odyssey Initiative. GBE03486USEN.PDF (application/pdf Object) Why You Should Be Hiring Millennials [Infographic] Leading Student Achievement. Centre for Public Education. Michael Fullan on What Doesn't Work in School Reform. Nick Burnett. The final white paper in the Solution Focused Special Education (SFSE) project has the topic of Family and Community as its focus as these are important elements within the overall implementation of SFSE.
The family element is hopefully clear as to its importance and whilst the community may seem less clear cut, I believe effective SFSE involves the community to the extent it has benefit to the individual student. The overall aims of SFSE Family and Community are: Vision. 10 ways to keep your teachers happy. Nothing gives a school purpose and energy like an enthusiastic and motivated staff.
10 Terrible Traits of Lousy Leaders. Leadership: 10 Ways to Prevent Becoming a Cautionary Tale. About Brian Kibby Education, Talent Education, Innovation, Leadership, Strategy, Talent Leadership Leadership, Strategy Innovation, Leadership.
