Contexts+of+Leadership

**FEBRUARY 12:** **Contexts of Leadership**
A multi-dimensional view of leadership expands ones capacity to understand and impact an organization.

**FOCUSING QUESTIONS:**
§ How does seeing institutions through frames or lenses help expand one’s capacity to understand and impact an organization? o Carter & Curtis’ Triangle Framework: Managing and Overseeing, Coaching and Mentoring, Building and Supporting Community o Bolman and Deal’s Frames: political, structural, human resources and symbolic

§ How do communities organize authority and power in ways that affect one’s ability to lead?

§ How can Jewish core values inform leadership behaviors and decisions?

PRE-CLASS ACTIVITY:
Please fill out the "Leadership Images" self-inventory in Bolman and Deal's //The Wizard and the Warrior// (pages 16-19). If you have an issue accessing this, contact Nachama.

**READINGS**
[Book] Carter & Curtis, //Visionary Director// o Chapter 2, **“A Framework for Your Work”** //This provides a general overview, within an early childhood context, for understanding the power of viewing situations from different perspectives. Be sure to read the description of the triangle framework that is presented here (beginning on page 51. We will be working with the scenario on page 62.//

[Reader] Bolman & Deal, //Reframing Organizations// o Chapter 1, **“Introduction: The Power of Reframing”** //You may start on page 11 in the middle, "We have consolidated the major schools of organizational thought..." This chapter will be a strong basis of our work on the 12th.//

[Reader] Collins, //Good to Great// o Chapter 3, **“First Who, Then What?”** //OPTIONAL READING. We chose this chapter because it talks of putting the right people "on the bus," a strong element in the JECC’s new strategic plan. No, this is not about those big yellow ones, but rather a metaphor for choosing the top people with whom to work. For Jewish education, “bus drivers” are people who help get others to Jewish destinations beyond their current one. In our context, it means those who help our early childhood parents make Jewish choices beyond preschool. We include this chapter as background reading to mull over and to keep participants abreast of current issues affecting educational leadership in the community.//

[Internet] Wertheimer, **“Linking the Silos: How to Accelerate the Momentum in Jewish Education”** //o [Go to avi-chai.org and then click on Publications (at top) and then on “Research Reports in North America,” then on the title, “Linking the Silos”] Be sure to read the Executive Summary (pages 1-2) and pages 7-26. [Use the numbers at the bottom of the pages.] In the main body of the report, you can use the topic headings to decide where to skim, and where to read.//