the oklahoma education association. connecting self-interest to levels of power
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The Oklahoma Education Association
Connecting Self-Interest to Levels of Power
The pressures on families
CORPORATE
The Levels of Power
BUREAUCRACY
The Levels of Power
GOVERNMEN
T,
POLITICS, &
POLITICIANS
The Levels of Power
LAWYERS
AND
EXPERTS
The Levels of Power
The Media
The Levels of Power
UNIONS,
CONGREGATION
S&SCHOOLS
The Levels of Power
CITIZENS,
FAMILIES
AND
COMMUNITIES
The Levels of Power
POWERRECOGNIZES
POWER!
The Levels of Power
•Must have at least 2 participants•Must have a PLAN!
Minimum requirements for power…
However…
Power without Love is Brutality….
And Love without Power is Sentimentality.
The Godfather of High-stakes Testing
FOLLOW THE $$...THE STORY OF SANDI
KRESS
The continuum of self-interest:
Selfish……….…Self-Interest………….….Selfless
All self, Balance No self,
no others all others
Self-interest: Latin for “interesse”—the interests
among, between
The continuum of consent:
The continuum of consent:
If we don’t know our own self-interests, we will be
MANIPULATED!
Relational Power and the Power of One on One Conversations
PRIVATE
FamilyFriends
Who? PUBLIC
CoworkersNeighbors
Doctor
PRIVATE
ComfortSecurity
Looks for? PUBLIC
“Mask” person, but not fake
LoveIntimacy
Why? ServicesRecognition
Power
Closed Boundaries: How
are relationsh
ips conducted
?
OpenAbove-board
TrustAttraction
Kinship
Based upon? More choicecalculation
Informal How is business
conducted?
FormalAgenda
BloodPermanency
What holds them
together?
Self-interest Harmony Atmosphere?
Tension—forces clarification
Loyalty Ruled by? Accountability
Liked, loved Response?
Respect
RELATIONSHIPS: Private vs. Public
Relational:
•Power with
•Others seen as potential leaders
•Belief in mentoring
•Exponential power…power grows through others
Unilateral:•Top down•Rugged individual•Others exist to carry out their will•Delegating•Power is a zero-sum game…there’s only so much power to go around
Two types of power…
The One to One
Relational Meeting:
•Always face to face
•Intentional
•30 minutes
•Purpose? To explore the possibility of a relationship…to determine if you want a second meeting with this person!
Relational Best Practices
ARE NOT ARE
About task About relationship
Talk Listening
Selling Offer of power
Polite Agitational
Interview Personal underpinnings for public action
Stereotypes Curiosity
One to One Relational Meetings
AGITATION
VS.
IRRITATION
NEVER
EVER
DO ANYTHING FOR ANYONE
THAT HE OR SHE CAN DO
FOR HIM OR HERSELF!
THE IRON RULE…
•AngerTo the Greeks, “meekness” meant appropriate anger at the appropriate time. They positioned meekness between two other emotions on a continuum:
Rage--------meekness--------apathy
How do you spot an organizer?
Qualities to look for…
•Humor•Imagination•Curiosity•The “Integrated Schizoid”•Acceptance of terminality•Ego
Other qualities to look for…
General Organizing Actions Association Actions
•Develop association leaders
•Move an agenda
•Membership engagement
•Improving teaching and learning conditions
•Building membership
•Develop leaders
•Move an agenda
•Deepen member involvement
•Raise $$
What does organizing look like?
1) Be clear about the mission…what is most important? What are we trying to make happen?
2) Be strategic! • What can I do now that positions me for the future? This draws on imagination, creativity•Avoid one size fits all thinking…local context matters•Refusal to accept a changing world•Seeing life as one-dimensional…all things are good or everything is bad
3) Reflection
Time management
“We run around as a ball of undigested happenings.”
Saul Alinsky
The cycle of reflection:
What gets in the way? What helps?
•Reading—specific and targeted
•Writing
•Tension
•Training
•Mentoring
•Quiet time
•Sleep
•Time
•Fear
•Lack of humor
•Arrogance
•Lack of ego
•Technology
•Fatigue
There’s power in reflection!
Are we filling our calendars with tasks, operations, or opportunities? Most of us work 90% operations, 10%
opportunities! Strive for 50/50!
Make a budget…
So now we know…•There’s no shame in self interest
•There’s unselfishness in self-interest
•We are currently at the BOTTOM of the levels of power
•Power depends upon relationships
•Power depends upon consent
•Reflection is vital
