Uplifting Leadership BCSSA Conference Andy Hargreaves Boston College

Andy Hargreaves, Lynch School of Education, Boston College

Four Areas to Invest Build Social Capital Leadership First Schools work with Schools Collective Responsibility before Accountability

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PBE Criteria

Uplifting Criteria  Do better than before  Do a lot with a little  Outperform your peers  Create something from almost nothing

Uplifting Data  15 organizations  3 sectors  8 countries  4 continents  200 plus interviews  10k words plus case reports

Leading the right things, For the right reasons, In the right way

Uplifting: Your performance Your people Yourself

Uplift: Behavioral Emotional & Spiritual Social We uplift ourselves by uplifting others

OECD – April 2014 Rankings instead of Vision Declining Teacher Quality Weak Leadership Capital High Challenge, Low Support Confusing Collaboration Incoherent Assessment

The Welsh Way A standard, not a ranking Welsh Way: cooperation, equity, language & culture Excellent professional workforce Leadership cooperation & challenge

1: Dreaming with Determination

Imposing small, energy-efficient cars on the North American market. Fiat

Other dreams  Elevating taste in beer  Environmental sustainability  Making products that cannot be used for war  A Premier club for a Premier community  Poverty is no excuse for failure  Becoming a leading knowledge economy  Becoming a developed country in one generation  Knowing who you are

Angela Ahrendts

2: Creativity and Counterflow

From a series of “small tin sheds” to a global economic leader in a single generation.

Almost 500 projects over 6 years: $14k per project 2-4 teacher average Professional Learning Communities Differentiated Instruction Technology Literacy

2. CREATIVITY & COUNTER-FLOW 2. CREATIVITY & COUNTER-FLOW 1. Where are opportunities others have missed? 2. How can you move towards resistance? 3. How can your greatest weaknesses become your biggest triumphs? 4. When you should you change something that is already succeeding? 5. What does it mean to innovate in a disciplined way?

Angela Ahrendts

5176 Prototypes

32 Jim Collins The great task is to combine creative intensity with relentless discipline, so as to amplify the creativity rather than destroy it

3. Collaborating & Competing

Dogfish Head I’m frustrated that one beer has been hammered down people’s throats. -Sam Calagione A Better Brew The rise of extreme beer

4: Measuring with Meaning

SHOE buy.com Everyone involved in website innovation High rates of staff retention

Evidence-informed not Data- Driven  Measure what you value  Balanced scorecard  Real time data for instant improvement  Shared targets  Judgment & inquiry along with numbers

5. Pushing & Pulling

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Three kinds of capital 1. Human Capital 2. Social Capital 3. Decisional Capital Hargreaves & Fullan (2012), p.22 Page 10

Social Capital Trust Collaboration Collective responsibility Mutual assistance Professional networks

44 Pull resources Pull together Pull from within

Commonwealth Ownership

Push and Pull  Pull when you can  Push when you must  Nudge all the time  Peer pressure and support  Transparency of participation & results

6: Sustainable growth

Burnley Football Club

Sustainable Growth  Refuse venture capital  Don’t spend too much too soon  Don’t grow too fast  Don’t bet the ranch  Steady growth, later spikes; not stellar growth, early spikes

SIX UPLIFTING FORCES SIX UPLIFTING FORCES 1. Dreaming with Determination 2. Creativity and Counterflow 3. Collaborating and competing 4. Pushing and pulling 5. Measuring with meaning 6. Sustainable growth

Four Areas to Invest Build Social Capital Leadership First Schools work with Schools Collective Responsibility before Accountability

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