Successful Leadership
Educational Leaders have the potential to influence their staff to go well beyond their own expectations and achieve success. Given our reading on authentic leadership and accountability, think about when and how you have seen these drivers in action. What are the habits and steps to becoming a better leader? Connect these concepts with your real-world experiences. In education, I have experienced leaders who have been a driving force of positivity and productivity, and I have also experienced leaders who have been a detriment to growth and cultivate a negative culture. Through my experience, I have come to realize the significant importance of leadership as an essential influence for staff to achieve success. In my most recent position I experienced two leaders who attempted to change systems, processes, and the way of thinking in the special education department in two very different ways. The first used Second Order Change, and attempted to make major structural changes ver
