Getting Unstuck: Creating the More Responsive Organization
“The time pressure in most schools is high, so teams don’t actually step back and say, ‘We actually need to figure out how to work together instead of just jumping in to work on a given task.’ That’s a big mental shift for any organization to say that perhaps if we figured out how to work together, we would be better at working on the actual tasks.”
Today on Getting Unstuck
Today, we’re pleased to welcome Anthony Kim, a fellow Corwin author. His bestselling book, The New School Rules, has been expanded by the addition of The New Team Habits and The Personalized Learning Playbook. He is a widely sought-after public speaker, and the founder and CEO of Education Elements, a trusted partner and consultant to more than 1,000 schools nationwide.
The Essential Point
Anthony is a powerful advocate of letting go of old-school, traditional management practices. Instead he advocates embracing new modern practices of a responsive organization that allow continuous adaptation in today’s rapidly changing environment. As he writes in the book, “Schools that are working – and there are many – always create, early on, environments designed for evolution, responsiveness, continuous learning. A new approach to the management, organizational practices, and work of schools is an essential component to the success of students in our schools.”
Let’s listen in and find out why.
Listen for:
How Anthony demonstrates characteristics of the “reflective” leader – and what he notices.
The importance of stopping to figure how to work together prior to doing the actual work.
The six elements of the responsiveness framework.
The dance between “predictability” and “efficiency.”
Why moving toward a more agile model of planning might be more beneficial to schools.
The importance of having a common language.
Connect with Anthony
Company: www.edelements.com
About: www.anthonx.us
Twitter: https://twitter.com/anthonx
Could a book on how to effectively lead change in schools be any more timely?
We’re pleased to announce …
…that our book Shifting: How School Leaders Can Create a Culture of Change is now available from Corwin Press or Amazon. If you purchase from Amazon, please consider leaving us a rating and review. Thank you!
From our publisher:
In Shifting, educators and leadership experts Kirsten Richert, Jeff Ikler and Margaret Zacchei empower educational change leaders to proactively and coherently navigate complex change in schools to achieve the desired outcomes.
Using a three-part framework—Assess, Ready, Change—this book leads educators to examine a school’s imperatives and readiness for change, identity the tools and abilities required to manifest change, and take action by defining the roles and processes necessary to effectively implement both sweeping change and smaller day-to-day adjustments.