Leadership Course - inital thoughts

A great day. Has left me with more questions and wonderings than I had before and a rather extensive list of books I want to read and so have ordered!

My first wondering is a question based on our BPP’s - what is my Why for leadership? - Why do I want to be a leader? Why will others follow me / be inspired by me?

My initial thoughts stem from the Leadership Challenge book and go back to my 3Ps presentation last year - having a clear Purpose, being able to inspire People and bringing my Passion.

This isn’t enough though as there is no clear Why - I need to make sure I have a clear Purpose, that there is Clarity around this purpose, that others will feel a sense of Belonging, and I need to develop Credibility.

Credibility is something I ponder over as I’m not as experienced a teacher as all others at SPS so why would they follow me - this is why I need a really clear why - to give others a reason to believe in me.

Thinking around my Purpose for leadership and words that come to mind;

Collaboration, progress, innovation, challenge the status-quo, new ideas, fresh thinking.

Scenario Planning

This week our team meet with Ben to do some scenario planning in terms of a missing mentor. Firstly, we brainstormed lots of possible scenarios - everything from a car breakdown to a medical emergency, from a couple of minutes to longer term. After the brainstorm we had a huge list and had to figure out a way of moving forward. Enter Miss Blue (Me!)... it was really clear to me that in our list we had 2 continums - time and the planing. And this was the result.

Quite pleased that my blueness was so useful!

Kaizen and the 3 weekly checkin

I’m really enjoying the Kaizen process and having a short term goal around my goal which Joe and I then look at every 3 weeks.

My focus this year is linked to my one sentence job description - Engage to Ignite, with my short term goals being around engagement and the part that choice plays in this.

Having time to observe in the habitat has also been useful and means that as a team we can make sure our learners are all supported. When you set up a learning activity you don’t always get a chance to review it so being able to observe each other means that we can give and get feedback to improve our efficacy.

Also having a really clear focus means that my one sentence job description is linked to my kaizen so the direction my learning needs to take is clear.

This is also linking to my Auckland trip - Stonefields, Hobsonville Point and the Learning through Play course. It’s great having things fit together, have a real purpose and get clarity.