1. Engaging Leadership: Maximising the potential within your school
Juliette Alban-Metcalfe, MSc, CPsychol. CEO, Real World Group
Adjunct Associate Professor, University of Southern Queensland
Challenge Partners Conference: Pushing the Boundaries
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2. Encourage proactivity & innovation Promote collaboration
Successful leaders in any situation…
Encourage proactivity & innovation
Create a culture of RfC
Sustain
motivation
Promote collaboration
Increase
effectiveness
Reduce stress
These are the key challenges faced by any leader in all industries today. The opportunity for leaders to rise to these challenges means that they can outperform peer organisations in the same sector in sustainable ways.
RfC = readiness for change
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3. With every pair of hands, you get a brain for free!
Brains have changed little over time
Prefrontal Cortex (PFC) ‘reflect and consider’ much larger
5 x neural network to look for danger vs. seek rewards
5 x per second we scan for threats
Fight or flight reflex
Threat – diverts resources from PFC
Results in resistance to change, disruptive behaviour, reduced performance
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4. Key drivers of positive human effort
Meaning
Autonomy
Mastery
Appreciation
Social support
Engagement
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5. The role of leadership and culture in increasing engagement & performance
Resources
Performance
Outputs V I S O N +
Achieve
Vision
People
KSA
Experience
Potential
Motivation
Commitment
Wellbeing
Engagement
LEADERSHIP
CULTURE
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6. Real World Group® Engaging Transformational Leadership model

7. Published validity of the engaging leadership model
Peer-reviewed content, construct, convergent and discriminant validity
Unique evidence of predictive validity
Independent validation in UK and internationally
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8. Effective leadership is…
More essential now than ever
About creating more leaders, not leveraging one’s position
Not correlated with charisma
How you enact your skills and competencies
Usually present by accident rather than design
Achieved through enacting simple, common-sense behaviours
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9. Exercise: How do you lead?
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10. Any questions?
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11. Don’t forget - feedback and reflection are critical!!
“It ain’t what you don’t know that’s dangerous.
It’s what you know for sure that just ain’t true.”
Mark Twain
Or as Mark Twain said…
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12. For references or further information
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