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Surrey Secondary Heads Residential Conference September 2018 Welcome! Remaining strong Deciding well Leading for the future www.honk.org.uk leadershipmatters.org.uk

What’s going on here? Power of habit Peer influence Leader focus H P F leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Habit and excellence We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. Aristotle leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Three key leadership habits leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Model 2 FUTURE Your Your personal particular Set the qualities situation strategic Your direction approach FUTURE or style HEAD Plan and Create organise alignment TASKS PEOPLE LEAD Deliver results Build and and get things sustain Create done relationships teams DELIVER ENGAGE NOW HANDS HEART Source: Adapted from Pendleton leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Model 3 Culture (what we do) Discretionary RESULTS LEADERSHIP effort Climate (how it feels) RETENTION Intention to stay Source: Adapted from Corporate Leadership Council leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Evidence on this Source: NFER report on teacher retention 2016 leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

LM combined model Personal qualities Your situation Leadership actions Leadership approach Culture Climate Discretionary effort Results Source: Buck leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

What do we mean by resilience? Source: The Oxford online dictionary leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Resilience CONFIDENCE SOCIAL SUPPORT 1. Self-belief 1. Good relationships with 2. Coping with stressful others situations 2. Willingness to seek 3. Right balance of support positive and negative 3. Knowing when to draw on emotions this support ADAPTABILITY PURPOSEFULNESS 1. Able to cope with 1. Clear sense of purpose in change, particularly role when imposed 2. Strong values, drive and 2. Flexible when needed direction 3. Can recover quickly in 3. Achieve in the face of such situations setbacks Source: Adapted from Robertson Cooper leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Resilience online tool Access here leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Top kinds of leadership behaviours Time for you Source: McKinsey leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Thinking fast and slow Source: Daniel Kahnman leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Who are you deciding for? leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

So in what situations does bias happen? When there is lots of information We notice or think of memorable items ü We notice when things have changed ü Remember the things we like ü When there isn’t much information We create patterns or simplify even when there is ü little data We fill in the gaps with our stereotypes ü We tend to focus on the things we know about or ü like more When we need to act fast Favour things that we do can straight away ü Better the devil we know ü Source: Adapted from Benson leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

So what can you do? S ituation T emptations O ptions P lan Source: Buck leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Five whys Source: Toyoda leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Common biases ü Anchoring - relying on a past reference ü Available heuristic – affected by what is more memorable ü Endowment – Likely to prefer what you already have or already do ü Framing – Influenced by way info is presented ü Group think - Conforming to opinions held by a group ü Confirmation bias – when new info agrees with what you already think ü Stereotyping - based on pre-conceptions associated with particular groups leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Simple checklist PROs CONs ü How easy? ü Cost? ü Buy-in? ü Time? ü Staff? ü Pupils? ü Parents? ü Outcomes? Source: Buck leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

When it is change or no change THE STATUS QUO THE CHANGE Negatives Positives FOR THE of the current of making CHANGE situation the change Positives Negatives AGAINST THE of not making of making the CHANGE the change change Source: Buck leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Appointing a teacher Option Values Subject Teaching Care for Desire to Willingness Total match knowledge skills and rapport join us in to learn with pupils particular and grow Sarah 4 3 12 3 3 9 3 2 6 4 2 8 2 1 2 4 3 12 49 Rene Mica John Sam Source: Buck leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

The process of change DELIVER ENGAGE FUTURE Source: Kotter leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Dimensions of change Vision Skills Incentives Resources Action Plans Success Skills Incentives Resources Action Plans Confusion Vision Incentives Resources Action Plans Anxiety Vision Skills Resources Action Plans Slow Change Vision Skills Incentives Action Plans Frustration Vision Skills Incentives Resources False Starts Source: Knoster, Thousand and Villa leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Checklist for change Action When Notes Be clear why change needed – get people wanting change Get a small group working on it and review the evidence of what works Create a draft vision and proposal Test it out with people Make sure everything is in place (especially skills and time to do it) Launch Ensure quick wins Get real-time feedback Challenge those not adopting Build into standard routines for planning and evaluation leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

Book summary Access here leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

As we draw to close… Although it may be true that leaders have a multitude of practical tasks, they have one that outweighs all the others: to care for the spirit Harrison Owen leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

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Celebrate every success Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, concerned citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has. Margaret Mead leadershipmatters.org.uk www.honk.org.uk

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