Professional Documents
Culture Documents
Dr Neil Carrington
CEO Act for Kids
Learning must be TRANSFORMATIONAL
not just transactional
L+
clear
understood
flows
time
confusion THE PIT
frustration
angst
L ++
Why is it someone is not doing
what you expect? (T-SAW)
WILL AWARENESS
Our default is to
often assume it is
about Will. Check
the others too!
SKILL TIME
CULTURE
TEAMWORK
TIME
LEADERSHIP
PERCEPTION
FEEDBACK
DECISIONS
COACHING
Culture eats Strategy for
Breakfast
CULTURE must be one of your
Strategic Pillars
Your staff watch you to
work out what is important
around here…
TEAMWORK must be explicitly
discussed
Understand the difference
between agreement and
alignment…
Team Equation
10
+ 10
+ 10
+ 10
= 40
10
+ 10
-
10
-
10
=0
10
x
10
x
10
x
10
= 10,000
87 87 87
87
x x x = 2,401
4,096
TIME must be well respected
I haven’t
got time
LEADERSHIP
Leaders:
What
Visiondo I really want? • Work at top three levels
Leading of perspective
L
• Delegate responsibilities
Mental models E
for outcomes, rather
than delegating tasks
V
• Align others to a shared
vision, mental models
Systemic structure E
and systemic structures
• Must walk the talk,
R
transform not transact
What do you
L
Vision
really want?
E
Values &models
Mental Beliefs V
E
Systemic
Systems structure
& Processes R
A
Patterns
Habitsof behaviour
& Routines G
E
Events
Outcomes & Outputs
PERCEPTION is reality
Any reasonable
person would see
what I see and know
the truth as I know it
Ladder of Inference
(Chris Argyris)
Action
Mental Model
Conclusion
Assumptions
Meaning
Data
Situation
Habari
gani?
Cómo estás?
Comment Wie geht
allez-vous? es dir?
Defensive Reasoning
(Chris Argyris)
• Am I Deeply Listening?
OR
• Am I conversing or ‘convincing’?
• Am I waiting to speak?
• Am I Thinking what to say next?
• Am I Evaluating what is being said
and thinking how I will ‘fix’ them?
After Deep Listening, what follow up
questions may help?
is happening?
Reflection
Generation
Outside Inside
Self
Action
Self
• Teachers: 30%
Research Evidence
In Carrington’s opinion
• School Leaders: 80 %
(the staff are your class)
Rank these effects: Hattie findings
• Self-Report Grades 1.44
• Piagetian Programs 1.28
• Providing Formative Evaluation .90
• Reducing disruptive behavior in the class .80
• Feedback .73
• Student/Teacher relationships .72
Teacher Professional development .62
Direct Instruction .59
Parental Involvement .51
Homework .29
• Audio-visual aids .22
Class size .21
Gender .12
Initial Teacher Training .11
Television -.18
• Mobility -.34
The Leader as Coach
What should I
start/stop/continue/develop?
From my learnings today what
action will you take to Transform
my mental models and
behaviours as a QANTAS Leader?