The First Two Rules of Leadership
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“Make sure your students follow your instructions.” That sounds like a straightforward instruction, but in fact, it’s fairly abstract. What does a teacher actually have to do to make sure students are following? Even the leader delivering this direction may not know, and the first-year teacher almost certainly doesn’t. The vast majority of teachers are only observed one or two times per year on average—and even among those who are observed, scarcely any are given feedback as to how they could improve. The bottom line is clear: teachers do not need to be evaluated so much as they need to be developed and coached. In Get Better Faster: A 90-Day Plan for Coaching New Teachers, Paul Bambrick-Santoyo shares instructive tools of how school leaders can effectively guide new teachers to success. Over the course of the book, we break down the most critical actions leaders and teachers must enact to achieve exemplary results. Designed for coaches as well as beginning teachers, Get Better Faster is an integral coaching tool for any school leader eager to help their teachers succeed. It’s the book’s focus on the actionable—the practice-able—that drives effective coaching. By practicing the concrete actions and micro-skills listed here, teachers will markedly improve their ability to lead a class, producing a steady chain reaction of future teaching success. Though focused heavily on the first 90 days of teacher development, it’s possible to implement this work at any time. New and old teachers alike can benefit from the guidance of Get Better Faster and close their existing instructional gaps. Packed with practical training tools, including agendas, presentation slides, a coach’s guide, handouts, planning templates, and 35 video clips of real teachers at work, Get Better Faster will teach you: The core principles of coaching: Go Granular, Make Feedback More Frequent, Top action steps to launch a teacher’s development in an easy-to-read scope and sequence guide The four phases of skill building: Phase 1 (Pre-Teaching): Dress Rehearsal Phase 2: Instant Immersion Phase 3: Getting into Gear Phase 4: The Power of Discourse
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Cottrell David. The First Two Rules of Leadership
PRAISE FOR THE FIRST TWO RULES OF LEADERSHIP
INTRODUCTION
DON'T BE STUPID
DON'T BE STUPID. HIRE SMART
Smart Hiring
Seeing Their Best
DON'T BE STUPID. COACH SMART
Myths of Coaching
Everyone Is Not the Same
Are You Coaching Smart?
DON'T BE STUPID. DEAL WITH THE SLEEPING STARS
Leadership Lesson from the Links
Your Toughest Job
Check Yourself
The Irony
DON'T BE STUPID. SYNCHRONIZE
Why Synchronize?
Simplify
Synchronization Begins with You
Unintended Contradictions
DON'T BE STUPID. CONCENTRATE
Taking Control
Establish Order
Identify Your Priorities
Know When to Say No
Attack Procrastination
Managing Your Concentration
Meetings with Meaning
Balancing It All
DON'T BE STUPID. VALUE INTEGRITY
Integrity Breach – Everyone Is Vulnerable
Trustworthy
Guarding Trust
Leading with Integrity
Cornerstones of Integrity
Everything Counts
Confidentiality
DON'T BE A JERK
DON'T BE A JERK. LISTEN UP
Be Present
Be Patient
Be Active
Be Interested
Leadership for Breakfast
Don't Lead Naked
DON'T BE A JERK. MAKE A DECISION
Decisiveness
Contingency Planning
The Last to Know
Dealing with Interpersonal Conflicts
Molehills to Mountains
Find Solutions Quickly
Dealing with Adversity
DON'T BE A JERK. ANSWER WHY
Why Do We Do What We Do?
Sharing Knowledge
The 95/5 Rule
Tumbleweed or Redwood
DON'T BE A JERK. ENCOURAGE
Do You Care?
Managing the Climate
DON'T BE A JERK. ATTACK COMPLACENCY
When Mediocrity Sets In
Change Is Good…Your Turn
Moving Through the Exit Door
But, Times Are Good …
Hero or Jerk?
Grand Entrance
DON'T BE A JERK. LEAD WITH CONFIDENCE
What Do You See?
Attitude Is Internally Controlled
Look Inside
Something Can Be Done…
There Is Something You Can Do…
Optimistic Confidence
WINNING WITH CLASS
ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
THREE WAYS TO BRING THE FIRST TWO RULES OF LEADERSHIP INTO YOUR ORGANIZATION
EVERYONE NEDDS TO LEAD
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Don't be Stupid
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The truth is that most people who quit and leave, or those who quit and stay, made a decision to quit their leader. Their resignation or disengagement has little to do with pay, benefits, distance from home, or long hours. They quit because something between them and their leader has gone awry. The desire and ability to do a good job became overshadowed by the obstacles and frustrations faced every day. Ironically, most of those frustrations were created by the very person who, on the first day at their new job, enthusiastically greeted them, shook their hand, and welcomed them as an important link on the team.
Of course, some people quit simply because they are not in the right job for them at this time in their life. But these people are rare exceptions rather than the rule.
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