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Week 6: Model the Way
The Leadership Challenge
Leadership isn’t about personality, it is about
behavior
The exemplary leadership practices grounded in
research
Model the Way
Inspire a Shared Vision
Challenge the Process
Enable Others to Act
Encourage the Heart
Key Points to: Model the Way
Clarify Values & Set the Example
People follow the person first and then the plan…why?
Credibility—DWYSYWD
Determine your guiding principles…what are your
values?
What is the “great”
Let people know what you believe—open your heart
Forge values around common principles & ideals
QUESTION—how did the Bank America guy
accomplish this?
Model the Way Flow Chart
Commitment #1—Clarify Your Values
Find your voice
Affirm shared values
Commitment #2—Set the Example
Commitment #1: Clarifying Values
Essentials
Find your voice
Affirm shared values
Taking Action
Credo
Engage in dialogue
Commitment #1—
Clarify Your Values
What do leaders have in common?
They believe in something
Their beliefs are strong and matters of principle
K & P research demonstrated that personal-best
leadership cases were stories of people who remained
true to deeply held values
In order to speak out you need to know what to speak
out about
Commitment #1—
Clarify Your Values
If you don’t believe the messenger you won’t believe
the message…
You can’t believe the messenger if you don’t know what
the messenger believes…
You can’t be the messenger until you’re clear about
what you believe.
Commitment #1—
Clarify Your Values
Look at p. 55 in the text
What do you notice?
Clarity of personal values trumps everything
Clarify of personal values coupled with clarity of
organization values is most powerful
What does this mean?
Personal values are the “route to loyalty and
commitment, not organizational values
Commitment #1—
Clarify Your Values
In order to find your words and your style, you need to be
crystal clear on what your values are.
Leaders set an example for all constituents based on a
shared understanding of what’s expected
Unless there’s agreement about values, credibility is lost—
people shouldn’t waste their time figuring out what they
should be doing
Engage your teachers in a dialogue about what the good is
and what is valuable
Commitment #1—
Clarify Your Values
Taking Action
Credo class assignment
Commitment #2—Set the Example
Essentials
Personify the shared values
Teach others to model the values
Taking Action
Story telling
Develop a routine for questioning
Commitment #2—Set the Example
Personify the Shared Values
Spend your time wisely
Watch your language
Ask purposeful question
Seek feedback
Teach Others to Model the Values
Confront critical incidents
Tell stories
Reinforce what you want repeated
Commitment #2—Set the Example
No one will believe you’re serious until they see you doing
what you’re asking of others
Leaders recognize that they need to be mindful for the
choices they make because they’re telling people
what’s appropriate and what’s not
Commitment #2—Set the Example
Spend your time and attention wisely
E.g.—if achievement and high quality instruction are
important, how much time do you spend with teachers
and students?
Commitment #2—Set the Example
Watch your language…
E.g.—employee, manager, boss, supervisor, subordinates
Versus
Associates, crew, cast, team, colleagues, constituents
Leaders know the power of words
P.82—experiment with confederate
Commitment #2—Set the Example
Ask purposeful questions
The questions you ask imply your values
What have you done in the past week so that you’re better
this week than the last?
How are we going to move towards deep implementation?
What are we going to commit to and hold ourselves
accountable to?
Commitment #2—Set the Example
Seek feedback
It shows that you’re open to communication
Does this make sense?
Do you agree?
Is this some kind of crazy dream? Can we do this?
Commitment #2—Set the Example
If CREDIBILITY = DWYSYWD then…
…how can you know you’re doing that if you don’t ask for
feedback?
Commitment #2—Set the Example
Teach Others to Model the Values
Confront critical incidents (e.g. our F/L BLT discussion)
Tell stories (e.g. 2nd grade teacher’s articulation of how
student writing used to be prior to rubric and clarity of
learning targets)
Reinforce behavior you want repeated (e.g. through
your words and your actions)
Connections to Concepts