Category: Leadership
Learning Targets from a leadership perspective…
Learning targets for students and what leaders look for in classrooms: Consistent with our understanding of building to higher levels of meaningful processing, there is a connection that is developed between criteria and resources to achieve the incremental targets established by the criteria. For this reason, a student is guided to articulate their journey as […]
In reflection on Jeffrey Canada…
Leadership from the Google Guru…
Evan Wittenberg discusses Google’s beliefs about leadership. In the first statements, he captures the best of transformational leadership in articulating succinctly the Google vision. The rest is about individual consideration and internal development of leadership values that reaches beyond the typical “push” model and looking more to “creating environments” where people can learn and develop […]
Leading Change
In the current world, change seems to be our greatest challenge. Creativity seems to be accepted as necessary to competitive competence, but the sustainability of change is something quite different. I’ve been party to many “new ideas” that have disappeared and reappeared in what seems to be associated to the whim and tide of perception. […]
NCLB Under Scrutiny
For those of us in education, a lesson in leadership and its impact on policy is underway right now in Washington as hearings proceed on NCLB impact in advance of re-authorization sometime in the coming year. Of particular import for leaders is the implications for the improvement of teachers, a key component of the legislation […]
Amazing song – We need teachers to learn…
Complexity Leadership Theory
A leadership tidbit…
Warren Bennis (1985), an expert in contemporary leadership studies, stresses the need for self-knowledge as a prerequisite for leadership effectiveness. He wrote: I am dismayed by the number of men and women I interview who have retired from leadership positions decrying their failure to take time for personal reflection while they were active in their […]
Quotation
Team Leadership
Lencioni (2002) paints a wonderful picture of the development of teams that captures a valid representation of team renewal that also serves as a reflection on the key components of ongoing team development. At the foundation and consistent with my own beliefs is the critical need for trust at the base of a team’s pyramid. […]
Grand Champions
Grand Champions Originally uploaded by chinazurfluh Shared leadership is tremendously enjoyable when you have people so focused on making it a special event for others. This year’s Pinewood Derby was an example of like minded people coming together to serve the enjoyment and fulfillment needs of their sons. It was a day for the family […]
The Real Crisis
Star Trek, CNY, Noah’s ARK, & Leadership
Three interesting events linked in my consciousness and have driven me into inspiration. Stay with me while I meander through my thoughts. Celebrating the Chinese New Year for the 10th time in Asia has caused me to look deeper into this phenomenon with each passing year. The fireworks, the chaos, the calm and the almost […]
Alan November – He Gets It
During the EARCOS Conference now in play in Malaysia, Alan November presented a keynote presentation followed by two breakout sessions on Sunday last. As always, I was impressed with the way in which Alan understands and generates that understanding in others. While some may have walked away from his keynote scratching their heads, I was […]
Learning 2.008 Kicks off in Shanghai
Good to Great, Pt. 1
As part of a series on summer reading, I offer a synopsis of thoughts on Jim Collins book, Good to Great. His research solidly uncovers some key concepts on organizations moving from being good and capable organizations to something that is far beyond just being in maintenance mode. Jim’s research uncovers 6 core concepts built […]
Response to the Evolution Debate: Memes
Susan Blackmore uncovers a new concept about the development of thought and ideas as she characterizes them as similar to viruses of thought. She extends on this core thinking and presents a new concept: "Temes" = technology generated memes. So, here is conjecture about the concepts and their application to education and administration: 1. […]
With the Mind in Mind…Evolution
I won’t pretend to be a lead scholar on this topic and will, where appropriate, link you to the authors that are leading thinkers in this area. The premise reads like this: At a recent conference on technology tools for educational use, the statement was made that we “must come to grips with the evolution […]
Are Technology Directors an endangered species?
This entry was recently posted on “The ThinkingStick“, Jeff Utecht’s site. Copied here for developing some additional thoughts. Integrate and embed are both good words. Like Jeff, I lean towards the latter as more consistent with a more intuitive and natural approach to technology as a tool. The issue remains that, for education at least, […]