leading your team to greatness- dr. james goenner, national charter schools institute (illinois...

LEADING YOUR TEAMTO GREATNESS

PRESENTED BYDR. JAMES N. GOENNER | PRESIDENT & CEONATIONAL CHARTER SCHOOLS INSTITUTEDECEMBER 2, 2013

Illinois Statewide Charter Schools Conference

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“People don’t care how much you know, until they know

how much you care.”

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Goals for Today

Share a Framework for Greatness

Discuss Principles of Leadership

Inspire Hearts & Minds

Answer Questions

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Have Fun!5


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Good to Great and the Social Sectors

Framework for Greatness

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Delivers Superior Performance

Makes a Distinctive Impact

Achieves Lasting Endurance

What Does a Great Team Do?


“Greatness…is largely a matter of conscious choice

and discipline.”- Jim Collins

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“Good is the Enemy of Great”

- Jim Collins

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Honest

The Most Consistently Admired Characteristics of a Leader

Forward-Looking

Competent

Inspiring

The Leadership Challenge


5 Practices of Exemplary Leaders

Model the Way

Inspire a Shared Vision

Challenge the Process

Enable Others to Act

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Encourage the Heart5



Foundation of Leadership = Credibility

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• “Leaders practice what they preach.”• “They walk the talk.”• “Their actions are consistent with their words.”• “They put their money where their mouth is.”• “They follow through on their promises.”• “They do what they say they will do.”



The First Person You Lead is You

Are you worth following? Why?

“Know Thyself”


What Level of Leader Are You?

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Collins’ Level 5 Leader

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Builds enduring greatness

through a paradoxical blend of

personal humility and professional will.



Collins’ Level 3 Leader

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Organizes people and resources

toward the effective and efficient pursuit

of predetermined objectives.



The Five Temptationsof a CEO

AccountabilityEnsures Results

Clarity AllowsAccountability

Conflict Leadsto Clarity

Trust lets HealthyConflict Occur


The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People

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Be Proactive

Begin with the End in Mind

Put First Things First

Think Win-Win

Seek First to Understand, Then to be Understood

Synergize

Sharpen the Saw


Covey: Begin with the End in Mind

The Vision

The Mission

What are you really trying to accomplish? Is it compelling? Will it make a significant difference?

What are you and your team going to do to make this vision a reality?

The ValuesWhat are the core things you and your team will use

to guide and evaluate all of your actions and behaviors.


“Doing everything keeps us so busy, we don’t have time to

think about what is really important to us.”

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Where do you spend your time?

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CORE PURPOSE

Preparing all students for success in college,

work and life.


The Power of Clarifying Values

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Teamwork• We recognize that no one of us is as good as all of us. • We will put the team goals before our own. • We will collaborate. • We can be relied upon to fulfill commitments.• We are accountable for ourselves and to each other.• We will celebrate our successes and have fun.


The Power of Values

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Forward-Looking• We dare to be different.• We are willing to take risks.• We are not limited by others.• We strive to exceed expectations.• We inspire growth in ourselves and others.

Commitment• We are persistent.• We lead with passion.


The Power of Clarifying Values

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Integrity• We will tell the truth. • We will be open to feedback. • We trust each other to speak our minds.• We will always strive to do the right things for the right reasons.

Respect• We communicate with candor and tact. • We will be tough on the issue, not on the person. • We value people for who they are and what they bring.


The Hedgehog Principle

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The Flywheel

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Level 5 Leadership. Level 5 leaders are ambitious first and foremost for the cause, the organization, the work—not themselves—and they have the fierce resolve to do whatever it takes to make good on that ambition. A Level 5 leader displays a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will. First Who … Then What. Those who build great organizations make sure they have the right people on the bus, the wrong people off the bus, and the right people in the key seats before they figure out where to drive the bus. They always think first about “who” and then about “what.”

STAGE 1: DISCIPLINED PEOPLE

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Confront the Brutal Facts—the Stockdale Paradox. Retain unwavering faith that you can and will prevail in the end, regardless of the difficulties, AND AT THE SAME TIME have the discipline to confront the most brutal facts of your current reality, whatever they might be. The Hedgehog Concept. Greatness comes about by a series of good decisions consistent with a simple, coherent concept—a “Hedgehog Concept.” The Hedgehog Concept is an operating model that reflects understanding of three intersecting circles: what you can be the best in the world at, what you are deeply passionate about, and what best drives your economic or resource engine.

STAGE 2: DISCIPLINED THOUGHT

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Culture of Discipline. Disciplined people who engage in disciplined thought and who take disciplined action—operating with freedom within a framework of responsibilities—this is the cornerstone of a culture that creates greatness. In a culture of discipline, people do not have “jobs;” they have responsibilities. The Flywheel. In building greatness, there is no single defining action, no grand program, no one killer innovation, no solitary lucky break, no miracle moment. Rather, the process resembles relentlessly pushing a giant, heavy flywheel in one direction, turn upon turn, building momentum until a point of breakthrough, and beyond.

STAGE 3: DISCIPLINED ACTION

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Clock Building, Not Time Telling. Build an organization that can adapt through multiple generations of leaders; the exact opposite of being built around a single great leader, great idea, or specific program. Build catalytic mechanisms to stimulate progress, rather than acting as a charismatic force of personality to drive progress. Preserve the Core and Stimulate Progress. Adherence to core values combined with a willingness to challenge and change everything except those core values—keeping clear the distinction between “what we stand for” (which should never change) and “how we do things” (which should never stop changing). Great companies have a purpose—a reason for being—that goes far beyond just making money, and they translate this purpose into BHAGs (big hairy audacious goals) to stimulate progress.

STAGE 4: BUILDING GREATNESS TO LAST

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“Set the standards higher for yourself than others would set

them for you.” - John Maxwell

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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization

The Advantage


Cohesive teams build trust, eliminate politics, and increase efficiency by…

• Knowing one another’s unique strengths and weaknesses.

• Openly engaging in constructive, ideological conflict.

• Holding one another accountable for behaviors and actions.

• Committing to group decisions.

1: Build a Cohesive Leadership Team

36The Advantage


Healthy organizations minimize the potential for confusion by clarifying…

• Why do we exist?• How do we behave?• What do we do?• How will we succeed?• What is most important – right now?• Who must do what?

2: Create Clarity

37The Advantage


Healthy organizations align their employees around organizational clarity by communicating key messages through…

• Repetition: Don’t be afraid to repeat the same message again and again.

• Simplicity: The more complicated the message, the more potential for confusion and inconsistency.

• Multiple Mediums: People react to information in many ways; use a variety of mediums.

• Cascading Messages: Leaders communicate key messages to direct reports; the cycle repeats itself until the message is heard by all.

3: Over-Communicate Clarity

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Organizations sustain their health by ensuring consistency in…

• Hiring • Managing performance• Rewards and recognition• Employee dismissal

4: Reinforce Clarity

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Stephen Covey

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Knowing your purpose in life,growing to reach your maximum

potential, andsowing seeds that benefit

others.

-John C. Maxwell

Success is…

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