Darlene Chambers, Ph.D Jim Goenner, Ph.D

Accelerating Alignment to Last

Goals for Session

KIDS!!!

Inspire Hearts & Minds

Challenge Conventional Thinking

Provide Strategies

Have Fun!

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3 Clarify Roles & Responsibilities

RELATIONSHIPS

“People don’t care how much you know until they

know how much you care.”

The Five Temptations of a CEO

Invulnerability Over Trust

Harmony Over

Conflict

Certainty Over

Clarity

Popularity Over

Accountability

Status Over

Results

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Exercise: Start with WHY…

What’s Your Team Building?

KIDS & FAMILIES

Authorizers

Boards & Ed Providers

Schools

Structural Overview

Charter School

State & Federal

Law

Authorizer & Charter Contract

Board Policies &

Procedures

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Aligning for Greatness

Develop a Relationship of Mutual Trust & Respect

Set Clear Performance Expectations – No Surprises!

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Establish a Shared Vision & Values

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What Do We Want Our Collective Impact to Be?

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Good, Not Great

Inflection Point

Good, Not Great

Matched-Pair Selection

Comparison Cases

Good–to–Great Cases

GAP

Framework for Greatness

Deliver Superior Performance

Make a Distinctive Impact

Achieve Lasting Endurance

Great Organizations…

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““ “ _____???_____ is the enemy of great.”

Jim Collins

The Flywheel

Building for Breakthrough

People Need Systems to Turn the Flywheel

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•  Principles and practices for predictably achieving goals

•  Processes that are specific, orderly, and repeatable

•  Leverage time, money and abilities •  Deliberate, intentional and practicable

How Successful People Grow by John C. Maxwell

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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization

Cohesive teams build trust, eliminate politics, and increase efficiency by … •  Knowing one another’s unique strengths and

weaknesses. •  Openly engaging in constructive, ideological conflict. •  Holding one another accountable for behaviors and

actions. •  Committing to group decisions.

1: Build a Cohesive Leadership Team

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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:

Healthy organizations minimize the potential for confusion by clarifying … •  Why do we exist? •  How do we behave? •  What do we do? •  How will we succeed? •  What is most important—right now? •  Who must do what?

2: Create Clarity

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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:

Shared Values Guide Actions & Behaviours

TEAMWORK

•  We recognize that no one of us is as good as all of us.

•  We will put the team’s goals before our own.

•  We will collaborate.

•  We can be relied upon to fulfill commitments.

•  We are accountable for ourselves and to each other.

•  We will celebrate our successes and have fun.

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Healthy organizations align their employees around organizational clarity by communicating key messages through … •  Repetition: Don’t be afraid to repeat the same message again and

again.

•  Simplicity: The more complicated the message, the more potential for confusion and inconsistency.

•  Multiple Mediums: People react to information in many ways; use a variety of mediums.

•  Cascading Messages: Leaders communicate key messages to direct reports; the cycle repeats itself until the message is heard by all.

3: Over-Communicate Clarity

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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:

Organizations sustain their health by ensuring consistency in … •  Hiring •  Managing performance •  Rewards and recognition •  Employee dismissal

4: Reinforce Clarity

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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:

““ “Greatness . . . is largely a

matter of conscious ___???______ and

discipline.”

Jim Collins

A Simple Way to Frame Roles

Authorizers &

Boards

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Management &

Schools

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Leadership Pyramid

What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?

Level 3 Leader •  Organizes people and resources

toward the effective and efficient pursuit of predetermined objectives.

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What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?

Level 5 Leader •  Ambitious first and foremost for the

cause, the organization, the work — not themselves.

•  Displays a paradoxical blend of personal humility and professional will.

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Winners Want to be Associated with a Board/Authorizer that …

•  Knows its purpose and why it exists •  Understands it is the highest authority in

the organization

•  Knows it represents the public •  Is disciplined in its role and behaviors and

those of its individual members

•  Is trustworthy and predictable

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Winners Want to be Associated with a Board/Authorizer that …

•  Uses its authority to empower, not strangle •  Ensures the organization is effective

and efficient •  Has high expectations and measures

performance

•  Is unafraid to judge, but does so fairly

•  Continuously earns credibility

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“We believe boards that govern for greatness ask wise

questions and measure things that really matter.”

Dr. James Goenner National Charter Schools Institute

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WHAT REALLY MATTERS

Ensuring all students are prepared for success in

college, work and life.

Key Renewal Questions

Academic Financial Organizational

Is the educational program a success?

Is the school

financially viable?

Is the

organization effective and

well run?

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“Don’t let what you cannot do interfere with what you

can do.”

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