1. Nuts and Bolts Martha Ellis, Ph.D. July, 2008

2. Constituents  Internal  Faculty  Staff  Colleagues  Students  Board members  External  Taxpayers  Elected officials  THECB  Dept. of Ed.  ISDs  Business & Industry  Media

3. What constituents want from leaders  Purpose, direction or meaning  Trust  “We-can-do-it” optimism  Results  Being a leader is, at its heart, an intellectual task.

4. Everyone is working for one purpose: Every situation and every question needs to consider will it hurt or help students learn Learning

5.  “ Unless the distant goals of meaning, greatness, and destiny are addressed, we cannot make an intelligent decision about what to do tomorrow morning—much less set strategy for a company or college or our lives.”  Koestenbaum, P. (2002)

6. Leadership vs. Management ????? Both

7. Leadership and Management  Leadership creates  Vision –sensible and appealing picture of the future  Strategies—logic of how the vision can be achieved  Aligning people-motivating and inspiring   Management creates  Plans—specific steps and timetables to implement strategies  Budgets—financial projection, goals, staffing, and monitoring  Evaluation—accountability for plans and budgets as well as determining effectiveness and problem solving

8. High Challenge? Yes High Anxiety? No Learning Involves Risk-Taking Leading Involves Trust-Building

11. Leadership is more about who you are than what you do