Roundabout Leadership: Leading in All Directions Tosca Grimm, MAEd grimm@csp.edu 612-710-4020

Objectives Understand how your influence as a leader impacts your work as a practitioner. Understand how your leadership can impact your program and its operations. Identify three strongest elements of your own current leadership capacity. Create a plan to strengthen your identified leadership potential, with next-step goals.

Definition: Roundabout A type of circular intersection in which traffic flows almost continuously in one direction around a central island, able to flow out of (and into) various directions seamlessly without stopping. Modern roundabouts reduce the likelihood and severity of collisions by reducing traffic speeds and minimizing T-bone and head-on collisions. https://www.revolvy.com/topic/Roundabout&item_type=topic

Possible Types of Roundabout Travelers: Not prepared or equipped for the route & procedures: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iAgX6qlJEMc Everyone’s a leader . . . or not: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-2RCPpdmSVg Lone-traveler, leaps without the team – and without thinking ahead: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2Wgw4Fg8Vuw

Best Roundabout Leaders: THE WELL MOVING ORGANIZATION https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6OGvj7GZSIo The success of each site (roundabout section) DEPENDS on the understanding and performance of each individual staff member (vehicle).

Your Personal Leadership: Characteristics SHOW YOUR CURRENT LEADERSHIP PERSONA: Design/color you as a car (worksheet) List your personally exhibited top 3 leadership characteristics – that do, or could, impact your work https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UdZIh8_xGc

Entrance Leaderships Find a few people from a similar workplace/role, and share your identified leadership characteristics. Suggest specific examples and ideas of how these can be more fully applied for the benefit of your site. Consider how it could beneficially impact: *Fellow Staff *Students *Parents/Families

Building Roundabout Leaders CREATING A LEADERSHIP PLAN – 3 TIPS https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ks3wMB2-uNY 1. Watch & Follow the Signs 2. Establish & Understand Priorities 3. Keep Turning

CREATING A LEADERSHIP PLAN – 3 ROUTES 1. Watch & Follow the Signs – What is expected? How should you proceed? Research, Observe, Understand the Rules, & Respond. 2. Establish & Understand Priorities – Who is at your site? What do they need from you? What is the best action for the good of the whole? 3. Keep Turning – Keep trying until you reach the desired results – recalculating to the site’s needs as necessary (including new approaches)!

Best Roundabout Leaders Identify your next action steps to include in the three tip leadership plan, to build your capacity for better performance at your site (worksheet). https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c6rP-YP4c5I https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nYCURBSSyXw

THE WELL RUNNING ROUNDABOUT: Find a few people from a similar workplace/role, and share your identified next action steps to utilize your leadership. Share specific examples and ideas of how these can be more fully applied for the benefit of your site. Consider how it could beneficially impact: *Fellow Staff *Students *Parents/Families

Objectives Revisited Understand how your influence as a leader impacts your work as a practitioner. Understand how your leadership can impact your program and its operations. Identify three strongest elements of your own current leadership capacity. Create a plan to strengthen your identified leadership potential, with next-step goals. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qM1YMeDsc-M