Aspiring Principals

2007
YOU
and your
LEADERSHIP
Reflections..
 So how can you view your change project through the ‘lens’ of first
and second order change?
 What practices do you focus on /need to focus on to influence
change?
 So what ‘difficult conversations’ have you had/need to have –when
working wit people through change?
 How can you ‘get under the skin?’
 How do create ‘dissonance?’
 So how can we build ‘critical reflection’ into every day work?
 How can we ‘reframe’ our thinking?
 How do we make our thinking transparent?
A Communication Continuum
 What’s going on?
Working with People
 Who are we working with?
 Thinking about PEOPLE
Who’s on the bus with us?
What is the connection between
 My leadership and Emotional Intelligence?
So what works when…??
 Leadership styles
 Leadership stance ( reading)
 Leadership and Emotional Intelligence
Locate and read
 Ministry of Education- “Leading the Kiwi Way”- in your
school and online.
www.minedu.govt.nz or Leadspace
http://www.leadspace.govt.nz
 Fullan- Leading in a Culture of Change-
the workbook- the text
 Enchanted Headteacher-summary www.ncsl.org.uk for
full version
 What I’m reading…
McEwan,E.K.(2005) How to Deal With Teachers Who are
Angry, Troubled, Exhausted or Just Plain Confused.
Thousand Oaks. Sage