Presented by Ann McMullan Leading Change in Challenging Times FETC Workshop January 26, 2017 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM Hyatt Regency – Bayhill 20 WiFi – WSFETC PW: FETC2017 Presented by Ann McMullan

Leading Change in Challenging Times You will be invited to collaborate online today. Use whatever digital device you brought with you or the one provided in this workshop. Choose this network: WSFETC PW: FETC2017

Listen Think Share Inspire LEAD Leading Change in Challenging Times Learning Strategies for Today’s Workshop: Listen Think Share Inspire LEAD All URLs will be listed on screen, on print handout and online at www.annmcmullan.com/fetc_lead

Focus for Today’s Workshop Leading Change in Challenging Times Focus for Today’s Workshop Examine challenges confronting K-12 education today. Reflect & collaborate on strategies for leading the changes needed to meet today’s challenges. Review leadership skills that apply to leaders at any age.

What’s On Your List? Leading Change in Challenging Times What is it you want to know before you leave this session today? Write you requests on Today’s Meet https://todaysmeet.com/ChangeFETC or http://bit.ly/2iKl3nE

Leading Change in Challenging Times

Sept. 2013 Leading Change in Challenging Times Survey Participants to learn more about their backgrounds.

Sometimes the smartest person in the room… is “THE ROOM”!! Leading Change in Challenging Times Sometimes the smartest person in the room… is “THE ROOM”!! Today, collaboration is the key to success.

Meet Your Workshop Colleagues Leading Change in Challenging Times Meet Your Workshop Colleagues

Introductions Leading Change in Challenging Times 5 minutes Pick a Partner – Preferably someone you don’t know very well. Find out: Name; Hometown; #of years working in Education; Role One unusual fact about you that “Inquiring Minds Want to Know” Introduce each other to the whole group 5 minutes

Leading Change in Challenging Times Challenges Change Leadership

Leading Change in Challenging Times Challenges Change Leadership

Jot Down Your Thoughts on My Notes Leading Change in Challenging Times Challenges What challenges are you currently facing in your school or school district? Your Response Method, Your Choice: Answer Question Online at AnswerGarden.com or Jot Down Your Thoughts on My Notes Post your challenges online at https://answergarden.ch/279486 or http://bit.ly/2jvWqz9

Leading Change in Challenging Times

Leading Change in Challenging Times Challenges Change Leadership

Jot Down Your Thoughts on My Notes Leading Change in Challenging Times What are some changes that you are facing in your school or school district today? Changes Your Response Method, Your Choice: Answer Question Online at padlet.com or Jot Down Your Thoughts on My Notes http://thyblackman.com/2014/06/06/count-on-it-change-is-coming/ Post the changes you are confronting online at https://padlet.com/amcmullan/zyi0mdvbnlow or http://bit.ly/2j5T0A9

Is Change Itself One Cause of Our Challenges? Leading Change in Challenging Times Changes http://www.thebluediamondgallery.com/tablet/c/change.html Is Change Itself One Cause of Our Challenges?

Leading Change in Challenging Times How often is “change” the cause of our challenges? Why is “change” so difficult in certain circumstances? Changes Your Turn: Share ideas in a discussion at your table. Why is the process of change very difficult at times? Share your thoughts from the perspectives of either 1) a person who leads change or 2) a person who has to implement changes.

Is Change Itself Our Biggest Challenge Today? Leading Change in Challenging Times Changes Is Change Itself Our Biggest Challenge Today?

Leading Change in Challenging Timesc Changes “The world is not just rapidly changing,” adds Dov Seidman, “it is being dramatically reshaped – it is starting to operate differently” in many realms all at once. “And this reshaping is happening faster than we have yet been able to reshape ourselves, our leadership, our institutions, our societies, and our ethical choices.” Dov Seidman – CEO of LRN Thank you for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations By Thomas Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, © 2016

Leading Change in Challenging Times Changes “Indeed, there is a mismatch between the change in the pace of change and our ability to develop the learning systems, training systems, management systems, social safety nets, and government regulations that would enable citizens to get the most out of these accelerations and cushion their worst impacts. This mismatch, as we will see, is at the center of much of the turmoil roiling politics and society in both developed and developing countries today. It now constitutes probably the most important governance challenge across the globe.” Thank you for Being Late: An Optimist’s Guide to Thriving in the Age of Accelerations By Thomas Friedman Farrar, Straus and Giroux, New York, © 2016

Leading Change in Challenging Times Changes Do you see evidence of a “mismatch between the change in the pace of change and our ability to develop the …systems, …that would enable citizens to get the most out of these accelerations and cushion their worst impacts.” Table Talk

Your Task Lead the Change Leading Change in Challenging Times Changes http://www.bluepointleadership.com/sites/ default/files/images/leading-change-model.png Lead the Change

Leading Change… Leading Change in Challenging Times Changes http://thedesktopteam.com/

Leading Change in Challenging Times Changes https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jwxrsngEJDw

Leading Change in Challenging Times Quick Table Talks – 5 to 10 Minutes 1. Choose One or Two of These Topics 2 . Discuss how will you implement this concept in leading change at your school: Changes Change What Needs Changing…Not What’s Easy Focus on Strengths It All Starts with Belief Let Your Actions Speak Celebrate Success Measure Results Set the Stage for Innovation Stand With Them, Not Above Them https://www.youtube.com/ watch?v=jwxrsngEJDw

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership Challenges Change

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership One of the most critical requirements for leading change in challenging times is… http://milestonepmp.blogspot.com/2010/03/leading-change_24.html VISIONARY LEADERSHIP

Having points in all directions is like having no point at all. Leading Change in Challenging Times Visionary Leadership Requires A Common Vision Leadership Having points in all directions is like having no point at all.

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership Visionary Leadership Especially for Leading Change Requires A Common Vision

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Leading Change in Challenging Times Process People CHANGE Leadership

PROCESS Leading Change in Challenging Times Many recognized authorities on leading change have cited elements that must be in place in order for the change process to flow successfully. Leadership PROCESS Some of those required elements include: A well articulated clear vision. A thorough understanding – by all stakeholders - of the “why, the reasons for making the change. Effective motivators that will drive those who need to implement the change to take the appropriate actions. Essential pre-requisite skills by all involved to implement the changes as envisioned. A well-defined, dynamic action plan that includes target dates, persons responsible…and flexibility to make changes to the plan when needed.

PROCESS Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership What happens if any one of the 5 elements is missing? PROCESS Some of those required elements include: A well articulated clear vision. A thorough understanding – by all stakeholders - of the “why, the reasons for making the change. Effective motivators that will drive those who need to implement the change to take the appropriate actions. Essential pre-requisite skills by all involved to implement the changes as envisioned. A well-defined, dynamic action plan that includes target dates, persons responsible…and flexibility to make changes to the plan when needed.

Critical Steps for Leading Change Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership Critical Steps for Leading Change PROCESS Define your goals Engage your stakeholders Develop a shared vision and mission Empower & support other district leaders Build collective capacity Assess your readiness http://espme.greennexxus.com/whatwedo_whywedoit.aspx

What word seems to be missing? Leading Change in Challenging Times PEOPLE Leadership Credit: macgyverhh/iStockPhoto What word seems to be missing?

When do you need a leader and when do you need a good manager? Leading Change in Challenging Times PEOPLE Leadership When do you need a leader and when do you need a good manager? LEAD MANAGE n

CHANGE Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWSpqgdVmAA

Life Lessons in Leadership Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership Life Lessons in Leadership

Leading Change in Challenging Times Life Lessons in Leadership: The Way of the Wallaby For Leaders Ages 8 to 88 By Ann McMullan & Michael Barrett www.lifelessonsinleadership.com

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership In the fast changing, hyper connected world of the 21st century, it is a given that at some point in your life the opportunity or responsibility of leading others will fall on your shoulders. http://www.publicdomainpictures.net http://lifelessonsinleadership.com/

Leading Change in Challenging Times Serving as a leader can start at an early age. Leadership Oldest Sibling Student Leader

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership Adults may serve as leaders in a variety of life roles. Teacher Parent

Leading Change in Challenging Times Serving as a leader happens in many professional roles, with many different titles. Leadership

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership 1) What leadership roles have you experienced in your youth and/or non-professional life? 2) When have you been asked to take on a leadership role in your professional life?

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership It does not matter how you came to be a leader, nor who you are leading. There are basic leadership skills that apply in every leadership scenario. SERVANT LEADERSHIP The ideas about leadership, as discussed in the book, “Life Lessons in Leadership: The Way of the Wallaby” always fall under the concept of “servant leadership”. True leaders – in any capacity – strive to make those around them successful and in so doing, they “serve”.

LEAD Leading Change in Challenging Times Listen Learn Love Leverage Luck Leadership It does not matter how you came to be a leader, nor who you are leading. There are basic leadership skills that apply in every leadership scenario. LEAD

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership It does not matter how you came to be a leader, nor who you are leading. There are basic leadership skills that apply in every leadership scenario.

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership “The ability to truly listen – not simply to hear – is a leader’s most important skill. It is through active, engaged listening that a leader begins to understand the realities of what is truly going on with both the people and processes she is leading. Listening has to be followed by appropriate action in order for the leader to maintain legitimacy with others.” Life Lessons in Leadership: The Way of the Wallaby It does not matter how you came to be a leader, nor who you are leading. There are basic leadership skills that apply in every leadership scenario.

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership http://www.jfklibrary.org/ It does not matter how you came to be a leader, nor who you are leading. There are basic leadership skills that apply in every leadership scenario. In the speech he planned to give in Dallas in November, 1963 President John F Kennedy wrote, “…leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.”

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership It does not matter how you came to be a leader, nor who you are leading. There are basic leadership skills that apply in every leadership scenario. Kathy Hurley’s Best Advice EVER! Network, even when you don’t have to. Jobs change, people don’t. Do not burn bridges. Always err on the side of generosity.

LEAD Leading Change in Challenging Times Listen Learn Love Leverage Luck LEAD Leadership GOAL OF THE BOOK: Present 5 leadership skill lessons in an entertaining and engaging format so that they are easy to remember. Count them off using five fingers on one hand.

Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership Mnemonic Action for Leadership Strategies Stand Up If You Are Right-Handed, Raise Your Right Hand If You Are Left-Handed, Raise Your Left Hand Make a Fist When Told to Do So - Open One Finger at a Time, Starting with Your Thumb REPEAT THE WORDS I SAY

Leading Change in Challenging Times Love Leadership Learn Luck Leverage Listen

“THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP” Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership With your hand open and up, reach over and pat your neighbor on the back and say… “THANK YOU FOR YOUR LEADERSHIP”

Leading Change in Challenging Times Life Lessons in Leadership: The Way of the Wallaby For Leaders Ages 8 to 88 By Ann McMullan & Michael Barrett www.lifelessonsinleadership.com

What are YOUR next steps? Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership What are YOUR next steps? http://nistmep.blogs.govdelivery.com/ Record Your Thoughts at Today’s Meet: https://todaysmeet.com/NextSteps or http://bit.ly/2iSqeFu

Some final thoughts from school leaders on leading change… Leading Change in Challenging Times Some final thoughts from school leaders on leading change… Leadership https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uYplCioTOdY

Please Join Me This Afternoon Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership Please Join Me This Afternoon Future Ready Schools: Creating Your Vision, Crafting Your Plan Concurrent Session (C504) Thursday, January 26 – 3:20 PM to 4:00 PM Orange County Convention Center – South 330E

Thank you for your LEADERSHIP Leading Change in Challenging Times Leadership Thank you for your LEADERSHIP Please feel free to contact me if I can be of help. Ann McMullan amcmullan@outlook.com www.annmcmullan.com

Presented by Ann McMullan Leading Change in Challenging Times Your reflections and feedback are appreciated. Submit your survey responses at www.fetc.org Event Showcase / Online Agenda FETC Workshop #W007 Leading Change in Challenging TImes January 26, 2017 8:00 AM to 10:30 AM Hyatt Regency – Bayhill 20 Presented by Ann McMullan