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Nuts and Bolts

Nuts and Bolts. Martha Ellis, Ph.D. July, 2008. Constituents. Internal Faculty Staff Colleagues Students Board members. External Taxpayers Elected officials THECB Dept. of Ed. ISDs Business & Industry Media. What constituents want from leaders. Purpose, direction or meaning

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Nuts and Bolts

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  1. Nuts and Bolts • Martha Ellis, Ph.D. July, 2008

  2. Constituents • Internal • Faculty • Staff • Colleagues • Students • Board members • External • Taxpayers • Elected officials • THECB • Dept. of Ed. • ISDs • Business & Industry • Media

  3. What constituents want from leaders • Purpose, direction or meaning • Trust • “We-can-do-it” optimism • Results • Being a leader is, at its heart, an intellectual task.

  4. Learning Everyone is working for one purpose: • Every situation and every question needs to consider will it hurt or help students learn

  5. “Unless the distant goals of meaning, greatness, and destiny are addressed, we cannot make an intelligent decision about what to do tomorrow morning—much less set strategy for a company or college or our lives.” • Koestenbaum, P. (2002)

  6. Leadership vs. Management ????? Both

  7. Leadership and Management • Leadership creates • Vision –sensible and appealing picture of the future • Strategies—logic of how the vision can be achieved • Aligning people-motivating and inspiring • Management creates • Plans—specific steps and timetables to implement strategies • Budgets—financial projection, goals, staffing, and monitoring • Evaluation—accountability for plans and budgets as well as determining effectiveness and problem solving

  8. High Challenge? Yes High Anxiety? No • Learning Involves Risk-Taking • Leading Involves Trust-Building

  9. Leadership is more about who you are • than what you do

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