Define Leadership...The Starting Point – Know Thyself Becoming a Facilitative Leader Striving for Authenticity Living your Code of Ethics Thinking about your Successor EIGHT LEADERSHIPQUALITIES

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HOLISTIC LEADERSHIP!Lauren M. Small, MBA

WORKSHOP GOALSHOLISTIC LEADERSHIP

✿ Holistic View of Leadership✿ Leadership Pyramid✿ Human Resource Systems✿ Organizational Climate✿ Communication✿ Leadership Styles✿ Inspire Peak Performance

© Early Education Business Consultants 2016

Define Leadership


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LEADERSHIP

Begin with the end in MindStephen Covey

What is the GOAL of Leadership?


A leader is great not because of his or her

power, but because of the ability to empower

others.John Maxwell

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HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENTSYSTEM

• Job Descriptions• Salary Scale• Pre-Interview Questions• Interview Questions

Hiring Procedures

• Orientation Checklist• Mentor Orientation

Checklist• Feedback during

Probationary Period

Orientation Procedures • Performance Appraisals

w/ Goals• Self - Evaluations• Center Training Plan• Career Lattice

Exit Interview

Performance & Training

Procedures

LEVEL ONEHUMAN RESOURCE SYSTEMS

✿Documentation Of Best Practices✿Policies And Procedures✿Management Procedures✿Parent & Employee Handbooks✿Hiring Procedures✿New Employee Procedures✿Performance Evaluation Procedures✿Center Training Plan

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PROCEDURES ARE YOUR PROCESSFROM THE PROGRAM ADMINISTRATION SCALE

INCLUES:✿ A Timeframe for the Process✿ Activities to Occur During the Process✿ Personnel Involved in the Process✿ Specific Forms or Documents Required✿ Specific Written Policies, Procedures or

Documents to Be Provided

SHARED SERVICES

✿Collaboration Groups To Share Best Practices

✿Virginia Shared Services Platformwww.Vasharednetwork.Org

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STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES TO IMPLEMENT LEVEL ONE

✿Mission Statement – every 5 years✿Redo/Revise Policies/Procedures

annually✿Date & Logo all documents✿Join Shared Services Platform✿Collaborate✿Spirit of Continuous Improvement✿Automate when you Can!


LEVEL TWOORGANIZATIONAL CLIMATE

✿Am I a Great Place To Work?✿Parent Survey✿Staff Survey✿Mystery Shopper✿Employee Benefits✿Shared Services

TEN DIMENSIONS OF ORGANIZATION CLIMATEAM I GREAT PLACE TO WORK?

✿ Collegiality✿ Professional Growth✿ Supervisor Support✿ Clarity✿ Reward System✿ Decision Making✿ Goal Consensus✿ Task Orientation✿ Physical Setting✿ Innovativeness

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STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES TO IMPLEMENT LEVEL TWO

✿Survey Staff And Parents Annually✿Salary Scale✿Team Building And Fun✿ Individualized Professional Dev Goals✿Mentor Regularly With Staff About Goals✿Understand Educational Process for Staff


LEVEL THREECOMMUNICATION

✿Learning Styles✿Psychological Types✿Communication Styles✿Generational Differences✿Employee Motivation

STRATEGIES AND TECHNIQUES TO IMPLEMENT LEVEL THREE

✿Communicate with Staff in 4–6 diff Ways

✿Regular Staff Meetings✿Strive for Merit Based Pay

Increases✿Employees Lead Staff Meetings✿Conflict Resolution Policy &

Training


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BENEFITS OF REGULAR STAFF MEETINGS

✿Share Information✿Share Opinions✿Solve Problems✿Skills Training✿Support

LEVEL 4 LEADERSHIP STYLESBOOK - “LEADERSHIP IN ACTION”

✿ Leadership Attributes & Styles ✿ Leaders as a Way of Thinking✿ The Starting Point – Know Thyself✿ Becoming a Facilitative Leader✿ Striving for Authenticity✿ Living your Code of Ethics✿ Thinking about your Successor

EIGHT LEADERSHIP QUALITIESBY MAURICE SYKES

1) Human Potential2) Knowledge3) Social Justice4) Competence5) Fun and Enjoyment6) Personal Renewal7) Perseverance8) Courage

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FIVE PRACTICES OF EXEMPLARY LEADERSHIPBY KOUZES AND POSNER

1) Model the Way2) Inspire a Shared Vision3) Challenge the Process4) Enable Others to Act5) Encourage the Heart

LEVEL 5 TECHNIQUES TO INSPIRE PEAK PERFORMANCE

✿ Creating a Professional Learning Community✿ Creating an Environment of Continuous

Improvement✿ Developmental Supervision✿ Teacher Induction✿ Individual Learning Plans✿ Peer Learning Teams✿ 360 Degree Feedback✿ Participative Management✿ Shared Decision Making

A PROFESSIONAL LEARNING

COMMUNITY IS….

An ongoing process in which teachers and administrators

work collaboratively in an intentional and systematic way to improve educational

experiences for young children.

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RESOURCES

✿ Program Administration Scale, Measuring Early Childhood Leadership and Management by Teri Talan & Paula Jorde Bloom

✿ Doing the Right Things for Kids, Eight Qualities of Leadership by Maurice Sykes

✿ Making the Most of Meetings by Paula Jorde Bloom

✿ Five Practices of Exemplary Leadershipby Kouzes and Posner

✿ Inspiring Peak Performance by Bloom, Hentschel, and Bella

✿ Circle of Influence, Implementing Shared Decision making and Participative Management by Paula Jorde Bloom

✿ Leadership In Action by Paula Jorde Bloom

✿ Blueprint for Action, Achieving Center-Based Change Through Staff Development by Paula Jorde Bloom

CONTACT INFO:

Lauren M. Small, MBAEarly Education Business Consultants, LLC(757) 618-9218Lauren@EarlyEducationBusiness.comwww.EarlyEducationBusiness.com