1. Power Up: Guiding Your Leader in Technology Integration
Fall CUE Conference
October 28th, 2016
Matt Gehrett, Ed. D.

2. Professional Career Middle School Teacher High School Teacher
Kern County Superintendent of Schools (CTAP Director)
Bakersfield Center Director
Executive Director, Online and Continuing Education
Assistant Professor, Administrative Services

3. For 25 + years … I have professionally developed and assisted others as they integrate technology into their instruction.

4. My Research Question: To what extent are school principals prepared to be successful in technology-rich schools?

5. Themes that are emerging …
Supervision of Instruction (Walkthroughs, etc.)
Technology Decision Making (How do you decide what to buy?)
Work Life Balance (When and how do we turn the technology off?)
Effective Collaboration and Communication (How do we work together and foster productive relationships?)
Professional Development Strategies (How do we train teachers and students?)
Tool Suites (Is Google today’s super software?)
Law and Ethics (How do we stay out of trouble and teach/model digital citizenship?)

7. Then, the idea came to me for this presentation …
Who is available to help these struggling Principals?
What leadership strategies can academic coaches/teachers on special assignment use to help guide their principals?
What can I share from my own experience?

8. The 360° Leader
Developing your influence from anywhere in the organization

9. John Maxwell is an internationally recognized leadership expert, speaker and author. His organizations have trained millions of leaders worldwide.

11. ME People I Report To People on the Same Level People on the
People who Work for Me

12. Leadership Myths I can’t lead if I am not at the top.
When I get to the top, then I’ll learn to lead.
If I were on top, then people would follow me.
When I get to the top, I’ll be in control.
When I get to the top, I’ll no longer be limited.
I can’t reach my potential if I’m not the top leader.
If I can’t get to the top, then I won’t try to lead.

13. A Leadership TRUTH
Building relationships with others on a team to gain influence naturally has a greater impact than possessing a title. Influencing others is the key to effective leadership.

14. The Influence Myth
“If I were on the top, then people would follow me.” People who have no leadership experience have tendency to overestimate the importance of a leadership title. A position gives you a chance.

15. The Inexperience Myth
“When I get to the top, I’ll be in control.” Ok, be honest. Have you ever found yourself saying something like: “You know, if I were in charge, we wouldn’t have done this, and we wouldn’t have done that. Position does not give you total control—or protect you. Many factors control the organization.

16. The Freedom Myth
“When I get to the top, I’ll no longer be limited.” When you move up in an organization, the weight of your responsibility increases. The amount of responsibility you take on increases faster than the amount of authority you receive. Good leaders go to their people, connect, find common ground, and empower them to succeed. So in some ways, leaders have less freedom as they move up, not more.

17. The potential Myth
“I can’t reach my potential if I’m not the top leader.” People should strive for the top of their game, not the top of the organization. Each of us should work to reach our potential, not necessarily the main office in administration. Sometimes you can make the greatest impact from somewhere other than first place.

18. The all-or-nothing myth
“If I can’t get to the top, then I won’t try to lead.” Start believing that you can become a better leader wherever you are. Be improving your leadership, you can impact your organization, an you can change people’s lives. You can be someone who adds value.

19. 360-Degree leaders practice to:
Lead Up
Lead Across
Lead Down

21. TO LEAD UP (Power Up!) Lead yourself exceptionally well
Lighten your leader’s load
Be willing to do what others won’t
Do more than manage—LEAD
Invest in relational chemistry
Be prepared every time you take your leader’s time
Know when to push and when to back off
Become a go-to-player
Be better tomorrow than you are today

22. TO LEAD ACROSS Understand, practice, an complete the leadership loop
Put completing fellow leaders ahead of competing with them
Be a friend
Avoid office politics
Expand your circle of acquaintances
Let the best idea win
Don’t pretend you’re perfect

23. TO LEAD DOWN Walk slowly through the halls See everyone as a “10”
Develop each team member as a person
Place people in their strength zones
Model the behavior you desire
Transfer the vision
Reward for results

24. 360° Leadership
Only 360-Degree Leaders influence people at every organization. By helping others, they help themselves.
ARE YOU READY TO FIND OUT IF YOU ARE A 360 DEGREE LEADER?
HAVE OTHERS ASSESS YOUR SKILLS TO FIND OUT!

27. #powerup #360degreeleader

28. I went on a search to become a leader.
I searched high and low. I spoke with authority. People listened. But alas, there was one who was wiser than I, and they followed that individual.        
I sought to inspire confidence, but the crowd responded, “Why should I trust you?”        
I postured, and I assumed the look of leadership with a countenance that flowed with confidence and pride. But many passed me by and never noticed my air of elegance.
I ran ahead of the others, pointed the way to new heights. I demonstrated that I knew the route to greatness. And then I looked back, and I was alone.        
“What shall I do?” I queried. “I’ve tried hard and used all that I know.” And I sat down and pondered long.
And then I listened to the voices around me. And I heard what the group was trying to accomplish. I rolled up my sleeves and joined in the work.
As we worked, I asked, “Are we all together in what we want to do and how to get the job done?”        
And we thought together, and fought together, and we struggled towards our goal.        
I found myself encouraging the fainthearted. I sought the ideas of those too shy to speak out. I taught those who had little skill. I praised those who worked hard. When our task was completed, one of the group turned to me and said, “This would not have been done but for your leadership.”
At first, I said, “I didn’t lead. I just worked with the rest.” And then I understood, leadership is not a goal. It’s a way to reaching a goal.
I lead best when I help others to go where we’ve decided to go. I lead best when I help others to use themselves creatively. I lead best when I forget about myself as leader and focus on my group…their needs and their goals.
To lead is to serve…to give…to achieve together.
                                              - Anonymous