209: Reverse the Chain of Command

04/20/20 • 21 min

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Always A Lesson's Empowering Educators Podcast

If you want to truly hone your leadership craft in a way that has a tremendous impact, ask the right people for feedback. You can read all the books, follow all the people, and take all the conferences, but if you do not hear from the ones you lead about how they need and want to be led better, then you’ll never transform into the most impactful leader you can become. Tune in for 3 easy steps on how to reverse the chain of command and achieve new heights in your leadership.

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When I paid attention to the reaction and the response of those I was leading, I started to collect what I call intel. I used that insight to adjust my approach and my strategy.
The more that I reflect and pay attention, the better I get at adjusting in the moment.
You might have to read between some of the word choices or exaggerations but I promise you there are nuggets of truth and helpful redirection if you look closely enough.
I would apologize and rephrase what I said so that what I meant had a chance to make it to their ears and to their minds and to hearts.
You want to know what happened, when does it often occur, and what do you wish had happened instead?
The worst thing you can do is problem solve, and your next solution still is not helpful!
I’ve got to know not only what is not working but more importantly, how it is that you want it to work.
We want to repair our missteps so that we can be better faster.
When you lead people, their feedback is personal and unique.
This is a long game, it’s never over. Your feedback might change but your habit of responding to the feedback doesn’t.

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Quotables

When I paid attention to the reaction and the response of those I was leading, I started to collect what I call intel. I used that insight to adjust my approach and my strategy.
The more that I reflect and pay attention, the better I get at adjusting in the moment.
You might have to read between some of the word choices or exaggerations but I promise you there are nuggets of truth and helpful redirection if you look closely enough.
I would apologize and rephrase what I said so that what I meant had a chance to make it to their ears and to their minds and to hearts.
You want to know what happened, when does it often occur, and what do you wish had happened instead?
The worst thing you can do is problem solve, and your next solution still is not helpful!
I’ve got to know not only what is not working but more importantly, how it is that you want it to work.
We want to repair our missteps so that we can be better faster.
When you lead people, their feedback is personal and unique.
This is a long game, it’s never over. Your feedback might change but your habit of responding to the feedback doesn’t.

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Book: Elementary EDUC 101: What They Didn’t Teach You in College

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208: Do the NEXT Right Thing

During uncertain times, the overwhelm can be debilitating. By focusing on doing the next right thing, you can strategically move forward, build momentum and gain sanity. Tune in to learn a 3 part system that will help you navigate any new situation you face so that you come out on the other side successful.Quotables

You make the best decision you can at the time with the knowledge and skills that you have so don’t beat yourself up if down the path you gain insight and decide to change direction or tactics
Every moment you take what you have currently and you do your best with it and you say to yourself, “What is the next right thing I can do?”.
My action steps were to stop the pity party of how this was affecting my daily life and instead just show up serve hard.
We all have something to give right now. We all give back to the collective with a piece of knowledge or talent that we possess so strategize your action steps.
So show up, meet them where they are in the middle of their freak out. Walk them through one step on the game board at a time until they can get a breath of air.
The 3 part system is 1: Acknowledge 2: Accept 3: Act
You don’t have to know how the story ends. You don’t have to know every step along the way.

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Sponsorship

This episode is sponsored by Power School/Schoology’s Time for Teachers initiative.

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Next Episode

210: Bonus Edition- School Leadership with Missy Emler

Missy is the Director of Innovation at a regional service agency in Wisconsin and the Educational Administration Program Coordinator at the University Wisconsin-Platteville. When engaging in conversations with Missy, her energy and enthusiasm for learning are contagious. She is a relentless advocate for school leaders and their learning needs as they maneuver their way through this time of massive change in education. Missy is the parent of three children. You can also check out the first time Missy was a guest on the podcast here: Episode 20: Bonus Edition - Interview with Melissa Emler Quotables

I have stopped talking about the tools and started talking about the function. I always ask what they are trying to accomplish.
We need to make sure that what we believe about learning connects to what’s happening in the world.
So often, what we do in schools and what we do in classrooms may or may not match up to what we believe about learning.
Do our kids find joy in our classrooms and what is the source of that joy?
We never need to fix students. We need to create the spaces and the experiences that remove the barrier.
Really hone in on what you want to learn and how that impacts the learners in your classroom.
How are we celebrating all of our learners and how are we celebrating learning more than achievement?
If we really want to learn and we really want to do the best work for our kids, it isn’t just roses, it is kind of a lot of thorns too. You have to find the balance.

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Twitter: @MelissaEmler
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Sponsorship

This episode is sponsored by Power School/Schoology’s Time for Teachers initiative

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