Philosophy of Leadership

In my own view, leadership is about three things: trust and relationships, problems and solutions,
and decisions and consequences. Using the foundation described here and my own personal
reflections on leadership, I offer the following ten leadership commitments that define who I am as
an instructional leader and serve as guiding principles for my continued growth and development as
an effective school leader. My leadership commitments are: building trust; moral purpose; building
meaningful relationships; shared decision making and responsibility; data and solution driven
decision making; understanding and accepting change as a process; celebrating success; finding
meaning and joy in the work; respecting teaching as a profession; and, finding and maintaining
balance between work and family demands.

As I continue to evolve as an instructional leader, I anticipate that my collective experiences,

beliefs, and ideas may influence my own perceptions of my effectiveness as a leader as well as the
perceptions of others. In the final analysis, I hope that I will lead in such a manner that the places
that I have had the privilege of working in will better as a result of my having an opportunity to
serve others. It is difficult to concisely define leadership because leading and leadership in theory
and practice is complex and multidimensional. Stated another way, I believe that leaders have an
obligation to do what is right, work collaboratively and cooperatively with others to resolve
problems and find solutions, and help other focus on “keeping the main thing the main thing”
(Covey, 1999).9Covey, S (1999). The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People Of the many
dimensions of leadership, nothing is more important to me than trust and relationships. In a school,
this translates into relationships with students, teachers, parents, custodians, bus drivers, cafeteria
workers, businesses – everyone.

It is the quality of the relationships with everyone that will ultimately determine the success or
failure of any leader or leadership effort. Without trust, it seems to me that it would be difficult for
any leader to develop as sense of shared responsibility. In Results, The Key to Continuous School
Improvement, Schmoker states, “schools improve when purpose and effort unite.10Schmoker, M.
(1999). Results, The Key to Continuous School Improvement. p. 111 One key is leadership that
recognizes its most vital function: to keep everyone’s eyes on the prize of improved student
learning.”11Schmoker, M. (1999). Results, The Key to Continuous School Improvement. p. 111 I
believe that any successful relationship requires mutual trust and open communication. As a school
leader, I believe that the team is everything. I agree with Schmoker’s assertions that “people
accomplish more together than in isolation”. It is my ultimate vision for my school, parent and
community involvement will be the very essence of purpose and effort uniting.

Our topic is all about Managers and Communication, this topic explains how the managers and
employees must communicate with each other in order to work effectively in the working
environment. As of now the technology advancement make communication much simpler and
easier. But in order to have a good relationship with another person we must not rely on technology
always, human interaction is important in communication because it represents ourselves as a
person and we can understand each other more rather than communicating online or using
technology. As a student and a person, I observed that right now communication is becoming a
barrier because of so much use of technology like social media, many people right now rely on
cyber chatting and online