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David Ellena

Tackle Conflicts with Conversation - Judith E. Glaser - Harvard Business Review - 0 views

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  • David Ellena on 16 Feb 14
     
    Why conversations are necessary to resolve conflicts
Jennie Bales

Leading a Coaching Culture For Learning: Key Concepts and Strategies for Principals - QSPA - 0 views

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  • Jennie Bales on 05 Aug 18
     
    Coaching in education has grown rapidly in education contexts in the last 5 years (van Nieuwerburgh, 2012). It has moved beyond the provision of coaching as a professional learning activity for school leaders to include: coaching training as a leadership development skill; various coaching initiatives designed to enhance teaching practice as well as coaching involving students either by staff or even by fellow students. Educators have embraced coaching in all of these school conversational contexts.
Sam Elphick

Leadership Insights: A conversation with Mr Greg Whitby « TrakRecruit - 0 views

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  • Sam Elphick on 07 Jun 11
     
    Greg Whitby interview on leadership and his rise to the top...
David Ellena

Tough Conversations - Principal Reflections - 0 views

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  • David Ellena on 09 Jan 15
     
    Some tips on having those difficult discussions
David Ellena

Fewer Policies - More Conversations | Leadership Freak - 0 views

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  • David Ellena on 25 Jul 14
     
    Thoughts on creating policy and when NOT to
Jeff Mann

Is This Learning? | District Administration Magazine - 0 views

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  • Is This Learning? Let’s discuss the definition of learning
  • For administrators, it comes to two questions. Do you believe the world has changed dramatically when it comes to learning? And if so, how can you begin to change the conversation around learning?
David Ellena

7 Mid-School Year Reminders on Finishing Strong | Connected Principals - 0 views

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  • 1. Remember to use both sides of your brain: instruction and management.
  • 4. Always be professionals in conversations, emails, social media, and personal appearance.
  • 6. Be a goal-setter personally, professionally and collaboratively.
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  • 7. Remember to celebrate.
  • David Ellena on 17 Jan 14
     
    Some ideas to help motivate you at the mid-point of the year
David Ellena

How do you differentiate and develop talent without leaving others behind? | SmartBlogs... - 0 views

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shared by David Ellena on 26 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Be as clear and transparent as possible as to how participants are selected.
  • Letting people know the selection criteria helps clear up some of the mystery behind why someone was selected and why others were not. It also helps provide developmental targets to those not selected
  • Use a comprehensive selection process.
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  • Train managers how to give feedback.
  • Managers need to learn how to have candid conversations with their employees about their performance and potential.
  • Provide development for ALL employees.
  • David Ellena on 26 Jan 14
     
    Some advice on leadership development activities.
David Ellena

How to get the most out of faculty meetings SmartBlogs - 0 views

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shared by David Ellena on 10 Jun 14 - No Cached
  • we were meeting with more consistent purpose, usually to discuss the next stage in some strategic priority or professional development objective.
  • Often, teacher input was solicited in advance to help create the agenda and ensure its usefulness.
  • Finally, a member of the school office was asked to attend the meetings to take copious notes of the conversation. This allowed for an accurate, detailed meeting summary to be distributed shortly after the staff had met.
  • David Ellena on 10 Jun 14
     
    Some ideas on restructuring your faculty meetings
Don Lourcey

Don Dodge on The Next Big Thing: How Google sets goals and measures success - 2 views

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      Don Lourcey on 06 Jul 10
       
      What is your goal setting process? How often are you having those conversations with your leadership teams? What a strategy: to set goals at impossible levels and then figure out how to achieve them. That is innovative, strategic, and risk taking.
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      Don Lourcey on 06 Jul 10
       
      This reminds me of a Clay Shirky quote: "A revolution doesn't happen when a society adopts new tools. It happens when society adopts new behaviors."
Don Lourcey

Rodrigo Baggio's Persuasive Leadership - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review - 4 views

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  • Don Lourcey on 25 Mar 10
     
    Rodrigo Baggio's Persuasive Leadership. Notice these featured points: Bring people together who aren't connected, Design new business models by combining players and resources in new ways, Persevere with an idea until you see success, Don't rely on credentials, but on the power of your ideas, Persuade others to see the possibility of your ideas and join you in the pursuit, Empower others to also make change. Think on these questions: (1) Why are should these features define the essence of leadership in your schooling organization,and (2) how will you not only lead change, but how will you specifically make these critical features relevant to the work you are doing to lead?
Don Lourcey

The Anti-Creativity Checklist - Youngme Moon - The Conversation - Harvard Business Review - 4 views

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  • Don Lourcey on 06 Jan 11
     
    If you had to come up with a checklist for your organization that was guaranteed to stifle imagination, innovation, and out-of-box thinking...a checklist designed specifically for people who want nothing to do with disruptive change...what would it look like?
David Ellena

Winning When the Troops are Tired - Let's Grow Leaders - 0 views

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shared by David Ellena on 07 Jan 14 - No Cached
  • Be a leader that strengthen the mission AND the team.  It’s wrong to live in a state of constant urgency, if that’s the scene, something’s wrong.
  •  identify the 2-3 most important behaviors that will impact results.
  • Be frank about what can be lost without sacrificing your mission.  Candor strengthens resolve.
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  • 2.  Visualize the Win
  •  Encourage talents outside normal job descriptions that support the cause.
  • 3.  Speak to behaviors, not metrics
  • 1.  Strategize Failure
  • 4.  Provide a little leave
  • Eliminate unnecessary meetings.  Stepping back will leave room for creativity and more efficient approaches.
  • 5.  Communicate through the ranks
  • You may not even know they’re tired.   Initiate the conversation.
  • 6.  Manage your own stress Stress rolls down hill.  Get a grip.
  • 7.  Encourage collaboration and sharing best practices
  • David Ellena on 07 Jan 14
     
    Especially after the Holidays, some goo strategies to help you troops
David Ellena

How senior leaders can connect with front-line workers | @SmartBrief SmartBlogs - 0 views

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shared by David Ellena on 23 Oct 14 - No Cached
  • Through one-on-one conversations and small-group chats, he created real, personal connections with many of the nearly 200,000 people who made his business run and gathered valuable information about their work and the hotels in the process.
  • Create a safe space for sharing.
  • Meet employees where they are.
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  • Be flexible about the forum.
  • Make room for impromptu encounters. I’ve discovered unscheduled, unscripted chats can be more informative than scheduled coffee chats or other more official forums.
  • Ask good questions.
  • David Ellena on 23 Oct 14
     
    Got out of the office. Here are some ideas on how to do that
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