In Praise of the Incomplete Leader Activity: Utilize Your Team Member’s Strengths & Grow Strong Leaders
…the sooner leaders stop trying to be all things to all people, the better off their organizations will be.
– Deborah Ancona, Thomas W. Malone, Wanda J. Orlikowski, and Peter M. Senge
INTRO
This activity is designed for your key leadership teams (administrative, instructional, equity, MTSS, etc.)
For convenience, consider doing this activity separately during regular scheduled meetings, rather than attempting to bring all leadership groups together at once.
OBJECTIVES
- Focus on leadership practices that make a difference in terms of school change.
- Examine your leadership team makeup, decision-making practices and protocols, as well as communication strategies.
READ the provided article. (~15 min)
REFLECT
Using the provided PDF Summary & Worksheet, have your leaders reflect and identify the top two capabilities they are strongest in out of the four:
- Sensemaking
- Relating
- Visioning
- Inventing
Discuss with your leaders about how better understanding each person’s strengths can create more distributed and inclusive leadership practices.
Identify three behaviors or habits you can do as a team to make sure you lead in ways that use everyone’s strengths and distributes leadership to every member on the team.
Responses