Global+Leadership

//**Cheryl Doig – Global Leadership; Why we network matters **// This was the last breakout and was probably the most timely and worthwhile for me, given my new role in leadership. It helped me to make links between communication and developing community/connectedness and the place for social network tools. This is definitely something I would to investigate in the new year...


 * Networking and connectedness to other people does matter
 * Network leaders – the capacity to imagine and articulate exciting future possiblities - a long term perspective is what sets leaders apart
 * ACEL leader framework – leads self, leads others, leads organization.




 * Transcending to help others do well…
 * Innovation – Culture and Change – willing to take risks and to make mistakes, challenge their own and others assumptions through dialogue, the whole process of abandonment “we are going to try something new so something needs to go, building collective capabilities, Entrepreneurship
 * Builds Partnerships and Networks – Community alliances, assistance to others, ripple effect, connectivity to people and contexts.

Two Principals; case studies

Mike Anderson, Waimari School, recovery from the earthquake (http://www.waimairi.school.nz/)
 * contact via twitter and facebook = networking
 * linked people with help
 * this process amplified the importance of communication and connectedness
 * make use of twitter feed for updates and notices re earthquake but on-going with sports notices, etc.
 * twitter profile includes warning re 13+ ownership
 * to build community, they bought a coffee and barista for the parents! Whiteboard at location has hard copy of twitter feed
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Wonderings space “What are you wondering about the school”
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">F/B link to Che Fu page who are linking with the world’s children.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">A disconnected and disengaged workforce operating in a rapidly changing and disconnected work environment means lost productivity.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">I would like to look into the concept or a twitter feed for notices and newsletters...



<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Dave Hamlet – Microsofft Innovative School -


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">believes that people need to take risks.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">uses technology accepting that there will be risks
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">It starts in a local community a bit like a virus, it starts locally, spreads around your community.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Chn acknowledge which teachers takes risks with learning.
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">87% of the NZ population has connectivity – 49% have facebook accounts

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Adaptive Leadership is the practice of mobilizing people to tackle tough challenges and thrive.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Heterachy and wirearchy – hierachy is a dying thing -everyone has a role.

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">In order to thrive in the future leaders need to build upon a base of: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">They also need to strengthen their skills in: <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Developing Global – <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">· children need to develop their own PLN
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">ethical behaviour
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">relational trust
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">an understanding of management and leadership in the context of their environment
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">self awareness and self efficacy
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">listening, language and communication
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">understanding and supporting diversity
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">being comfortable with complexity and possibility
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">use of information communication technologies, web tools and mobile networking
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">courageous leadership focused on a vision for the future

<span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Connection by technology without trust is merely traffice. Trusted connection without technology is an opportunity lost.


 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Hole in the Wall – a pedagogic method that uses the learning environment to generate an adequate level of motivation to induce learning in groups of children with minimal or no intervention by a teacher. [| - http://www.hole-in-the-wall.com/MIE.html]
 * <span style="font-family: 'Comic Sans MS',cursive;">Think Global School – [|http://thinkglobal.school.org] Each semester is in a different city in the world – it has its own faculty that travel with 15 children.