Unpacking Leadership

in the Irish school context

Aims

Develop a vision for ourselves as senior school Leaders

Explore the concept of Leadership in the context of school

Identify possible opportunities/challenges that we may encounter on our Leadership journey

• Write a brief response to the 2 pieces of reading- Mandela/Moral Leadership.

• Share your thoughts with others

1.Keep your friends close and your rivals closer. 3. Lead from the front 2. Appearances matter.

4.Lead from the back. 5. Nothing is black or white.

6.Know your enemy. 7. Courage to act. 8. Quitting is leading too

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8 LESSONS FOR LEADERSHIP ‘Mandela at 90’ TIME, July 2008

Ethical

Moral PurposeLeadership

1.

2.

3.4.

5.

Survival Kit

Credibility + consistency + competence = confidence = trust

21st Century Leadership

Personal Relationships

Communication

Vision

Trust

Patience

Teachers

Parents

Students

Principal

Leading in time of crisis …..• What are the

challenges/ potential crises that you may be confronted by in the coming year?

• How will you respond?

9 key skills/dispositionsfor

Crisis Leadership

• A quiet acceptance of self-work of service

• Vanity-barrier

• Observe those who lead and observe

kindly

• Do not be constrained by received

wisdom

• Dream ‘big’ for yourself

• Have a ‘vision’ for the people you

lead

•Under promise and over deliver •Don't look for clones of yourself •Give support/respect/compassion/love- ‘we make a living by what we get and a life by what we give’ •Be grounded in reality-instil optimism and confidence •Optimism can be learned •Find something regularly to celebrate and laugh about!

Tom Savage 2007

…..for a leader

-John O’ Donohue

• May you have grace and wisdom.

• May you be hospitable to

criticism. • May you never put yourself at

the centre of things. • May you act not from

arrogance but out of service.

• May you learn to cultivate the art of presence.

• May you treasure the gifts of the mind.

• May you know the wisdom of

deep listening. • May you have a mind that

loves frontiers. • May you have good friends. • May leadership for you be a

true adventure of growth.

THANK YOU