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How Leaders Inspire Groups to Innovate

Guest Author

Apr 23, 2012

Success in today’s global marketplace demands innovation. The world has watched the likes of Jack Welch (General Electric), Steve Jobs (Apple), Bill Gates (Microsoft) and Bill George (Medtronic) as they inspired their businesses to innovate. Each possesses varying degrees of the key characteristics and leadership styles known to result in innovation. The same styles translate to innovation in education.

EdTech

ASCD, Pearson & Marzano Launch New Online Leadership Program

Getting Smart Staff

Jan 10, 2012

ASCD and Pearson announced today a partnership with Marzano Research Laboratory and Dr. Robert Marzano to develop the new, cloud-based Principal Compass™, a comprehensive online leadership program for school principals and leadership teams.

Leadership

Good Work: Enabling Others to Act

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 5, 2011

Give the folks you work with ownership by involving them in decision making, delegating authority as well as responsibility, and backing them up when they fail. They will work harder, stay longer, and make it better. Enable others to do good work.

Leadership

Good Work: Night Climbing

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 20, 2011

Leadership is…establishing where a group of people should go, getting them lined up in that direction and committed to movement, and then energizing them to overcome the inevitable obstacles that they will encounter along the way.

Leadership

Good Work: Trustees For A Slice of America

Tom Vander Ark

Aug 6, 2011

My home town hides its poverty all too well. But a group of committed leader take ownership, and act like trustees.

Leadership

Good Work: Confidence on a Mission

Tom Vander Ark

Jul 24, 2011

Leadership is immensely difficult on the practical level, but simple emotionally—you must care, and care so deeply that you are not willing to accept present conditions.

Leadership

Good Work: Love and Hope

Tom Vander Ark

Jun 19, 2011

Reforms of the late 90s seem quaint compared to challenges that school districts face today. The fiscal crisis adds a whole new layer of challenge to American education leadership.

EdTech

Barbara Treacy: Director, EdTech Leaders Online

Getting Smart Staff

Dec 13, 2010

We interview Barbara Treacy, Director, EdTech Leaders Online about the future of digital learning and the progress of innovation in American public education.

Personalized Learning

Does Heroic Leadership Work?

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 26, 2010

Heroic leadership isn't sustainable, but getting to a high functioning decentralized system takes a hurricane or a hero.

Personalized Learning

Leadership by Any Means

Tom Vander Ark

Nov 22, 2010

Comments on Larry Cuban's two part series; big districts should consider non-traditional leaders.

	Beginning	Piloting	Implementing
From Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery	BeginningFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Beginning	PilotingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Piloting	ImplementingFrom Fixed Standards to Competency-Based Mastery Implementing
From One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning	BeginningFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom One-Size-Fits-All to Adaptive Learning Implementing
From Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry	BeginningFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Beginning	PilotingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Piloting	ImplementingFrom Prescribed Knowledge to Innovation & Inquiry Implementing
From Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning	BeginningFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Beginning	PilotingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Piloting	ImplementingFrom Subjects as Silos to Transdisciplinary, Real-World Learning Implementing
From Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities	BeginningFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Beginning	PilotingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Piloting	ImplementingFrom Schools as Self-Contained to Schools as Embedded in Communities Implementing
From Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment	BeginningFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Beginning	PilotingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Piloting	ImplementingFrom Standardized Testing to Meaningful Assessment Implementing
From Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets	BeginningFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Beginning	PilotingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Piloting	ImplementingFrom Institutional Ownership of Student Data to Student-Controlled Learning Wallets Implementing

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