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Setting Leadership Priorities
Beschreibung:
Dig out from your desk and discover a refreshing new world of school leadership!
Do you find yourself so busy digging a ditch with a spoon that you don′t have time to go back to the tool shed and fetch a shovel? Are your in-box and daily schedule at maximum capacity? Does it seem impossible to include those extras that would make your job more enjoyable and satisfying? Conquering overload is a constant challenge for 21st-century school administrators. This book breathes fresh air into the often murky world of priority management.
Setting Leadership Priorities teaches busy professionals how to distinguish between information, activities, and situations that must be retained, those that might be refined, and many that should be relinquished. Drawing on more than twenty years of experience as a teacher and administrator, Lovely understands that reducing frustration and overload helps administrators by:
- Increasing retention rates and improving success on the job
- Allowing them to redistribute leadership by delegating
- Creating balance in their daily lives and in their long-term professional journey
When the emergencies outnumber the victories and you can′t see the door over your towering in-box, it′s time to reshuffle your priorities and let clarity emerge.
Acknowledgments
About the Author
1. The Information Invasion
Global Communication: Friend or Foe?
Overshooting the Mark
California’s Billion-Dollar Experiment
Learning to Set Limits
Conclusion: Turn Off the Spigot
2. Teaching Leaders to Let Go
Beef Up Communication
“Selective Abandonment” at Work
Make Room for the Essentials
It Takes Courage to Say No
Conclusion: Hope Is on the Way
3. Business As Unusual
Getting Into Gear
Building Organizational Fitness
Deposit Time in the Bank
The Battle of Blind Accumulation
Stop the Madness
Conclusion: Don’t Catch the Ball Every Time It’s Thrown
4. The Power of One, the Impact of Many
Loading the Bus With the Right People
P(3) = Persistence x Passion x Practice
One Principal, Many Leaders
Delegation Without Guilt
Conclusion: Bring Home the Yellow Jersey
5. Getting a Grip on Data
Excavating Quality Data
Take the Plunge
Turning Data Into Knowledge
Sow the Seeds of Success
Conclusion: It’s Elementary
6. Is the Sky Really Falling? Distinguishing a Bona Fide Crisis From Make-Believe
The Story of Urgent Ernie
No Need to ‘FUD’ About It
Fighting the Adrenaline Rush
School Leadership Is Not an Emergency
The Throes of CoDependency
Conclusion: Blow Out the Candles and Move On
Epilogue: Let the Odyssey Begin
Balance Inside Disequilibrium
Courting Successors
Pass the Mate
If at First You Don’t Succeed, TRI-TRI Again
Just Do It
Resource A. Sample District Complaint Policy
Resource B. Testing Your Organizational DNA
Resource C. Who’s Riding Our Bus? Personal Inventory & Team Activity
Resource D. Leadership Lessons in 30 Minutes or Less
Getting Results Through Time Efficient Meetings
The Classroom Walk ‘Bout
Passing Out Psychological Paychecks: 50 Ways to Recognize Employee Performance and Boost Morale
References
Index