Transcript T1 Unpacking Leadership

Unpacking Leadership
in the Irish school context
Aims
Develop a vision for ourselves as senior school
Leaders
Explore the concept of Leadership in the
context of school
Identify possible opportunities/challenges
that we may encounter on our Leadership
journey
• Write a brief response to the 2 pieces of
reading- Mandela/Moral Leadership.
• Share your thoughts with others
8 LESSONS FOR LEADERSHIP
‘Mandela at 90’
TIME, July 2008
1.Keep your friends close and your rivals closer.
3. Lead from the front
2. Appearances matter.
4.Lead from the back.
5. Nothing is black or white.
6.Know your
enemy.
7. Courage to act.
8. Quitting is leading too
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Ethical
Leadership
Moral Purpose
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Survival Kit
Credibility + consistency + competence = confidence = trust
Communication
Trust
Teachers
Students
Personal Relationships
Parents
Principal
Vision
Patience
21st Century Leadership
Leading in time of crisis …..
• What are the
challenges/ potential
crises that you may be
confronted by in the
coming year?
• How will you respond?
9 key skills/dispositions
for
Crisis Leadership
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A quiet acceptance of self-work of
service
Vanity-barrier
Observe those who lead and observe
kindly
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Under promise and over deliver
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Don't look for clones of yourself
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Give support/respect/compassion/love‘we make a living by what we get and a
life by what we give’
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Be grounded in reality-instil optimism
and confidence
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Optimism can be learned
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Find something regularly to celebrate
and laugh about!
Do not be constrained by received
wisdom
Dream ‘big’ for yourself
Have a ‘vision’ for the people you
lead
Tom Savage 2007
…..for a leader
-John O’ Donohue
• May you have grace and
wisdom.
• May you treasure the gifts of
the mind.
• May you be hospitable to
criticism.
• May you know the wisdom of
deep listening.
• May you never put yourself at
the centre of things.
• May you have a mind that
loves frontiers.
• May you act not from
arrogance but out of service.
• May you have good friends.
• May you learn to cultivate the
art of presence.
• May leadership for you be a
true adventure of growth.
THANK YOU