Leadership Innovations Team

Why Focus on Leadership?

In today's high stakes environment, the schools that will excel at improving student achievement will be those whose people are the most competent, passionate and focused on delivering results. Leadership is the key to ensuring that your district falls into this category; with so much on the line it's not enough to simply be good, today's leaders need to be extraordinary.

The sheer volume of information on leadership development is staggering. Here is what we know for sure:

• Great leaders, as opposed to those that are merely good, make the difference in achieving bottom line results and driving success.
• Great leaders can be made: There is a significant database and body of research that tells us what extraordinary leadership looks like and how to get there.
• You don't have to be a superhero to be an extraordinary leader.
• There is no one right way to lead.
• Getting the power of perception working for you, rather than against you, will increase leadership competency.

About the Program

Leadership Innovations Team’s Extraordinary Leaders Institute provides the key tools and insights essential to taking leadership from good to great. Based on the bestselling book, The Extraordinary Leader, by Drs. Jack Zenger and Joe Folkman, the program draws on 20 years of research and data, and has been field tested on over 25,000 leaders in industry and government. Over the course of this two-day institute participants will engage in a new approach to leadership development based on the belief that good leaders can become extraordinary by building on existing strengths and identifying potential areas of improvement.

We'll examine the relationship between effective leaders and bottom line results and learn how this relationship can be demonstrated with data. In addition, participants will gain in-depth understanding of the 16 specific behaviors that separate the highest performing leaders from the rest and will learn strategies for incorporating these behaviors into their daily activities right away.

Measurable Results

Extraordinary Leaders Institute utilizes a revolutionary 360 degree feedback tool to provide participants with real data, both quantitative and qualitative, about their current leadership competency levels. The survey compiles extensive feedback data from those who know the leader best - the people that work directly for and with them. Based on this feedback, leaders are able to precisely identify their key strengths, possible areas for improvement, and any potential fatal flaws that may need to be addressed in order to progress forward. When measured over time, participants experience significant improvements in 360 degree feedback scores.

Key Objectives and Learnings

• Learn about a new approach to development that helps leaders successfully build on strengths
• Utilize 360 feedback to identify key strengths and possible areas for improvement
• Create an action plan to focus on building your strengths as a leader
• Explore the relationship between effective leadership skills and achieving results
• Discover ways to imbed leadership development into your daily activities
• Learn about key leadership behaviors that separate the most successful leaders from the rest
• Gain understanding about how successful leadership creates significant and sustainable impact
• Collaborate with others in your field to discuss leadership improvement, strategies for application, and tools for actively improving and expanding leadership skills

Upcoming Dates

LIT and the Association of Washington School Principals presents the following Extraordinary Leader trainings in locations throughout Washington state.

Spokane

October 27-28, 2010

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Olympia

February 17-18, 2011

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