5. The Five
Temptations
of a CEO
Invulnerability
Over
Trust
Harmony
Over
Conflict
Certainty
Over
Clarity
Popularity
Over
Accountability
Status
Over
Results
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17. Aligning for Greatness
Develop a Relationship of Mutual
Trust & Respect
Set Clear Performance Expectations –
No Surprises!
1
2
3
Establish a Shared Vision & Values
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18. What Do We Want Our
Collective Impact to Be?
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24. People Need Systems to Turn the Flywheel
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• Principles and practices for
predictably achieving goals
• Processes that are specific, orderly,
and repeatable
• Leverage time, money and abilities
• Deliberate, intentional and practicable
How Successful People Grow by John C. Maxwell
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27. Cohesive teams build trust, eliminate politics, and
increase efficiency by…
• Knowing one another’s unique strengths and
weaknesses.
• Openly engaging in constructive, ideological conflict.
• Holding one another accountable for behaviors and
actions.
• Committing to group decisions.
1: Build a Cohesive Leadership Team
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:
28. Healthy organizations minimize the potential for
confusion by clarifying…
• Why do we exist?
• How do we behave?
• What do we do?
• How will we succeed?
• What is most important—right now?
• Who must do what?
2: Create Clarity
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:
29. Shared Values Guide Actions & Behaviours
TEAMWORK
• We recognize that no one of us is as good as all of us.
• We will put the team’s goals before our own.
• We will collaborate.
• We can be relied upon to fulfill commitments.
• We are accountable for ourselves and to each other.
• We will celebrate our successes and have fun.
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30. Healthy organizations align their employees around organizational clarity
by communicating key messages through…
• Repetition: Don’t be afraid to repeat the same message again and
again.
• Simplicity: The more complicated the message, the more potential for
confusion and inconsistency.
• Multiple Mediums: People react to information in many ways; use a
variety of mediums.
• Cascading Messages: Leaders communicate key messages to direct
reports; the cycle repeats itself until the message is heard by all.
3: Over-Communicate Clarity
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:
31. Organizations sustain their health by ensuring
consistency in…
• Hiring
• Managing performance
• Rewards and recognition
• Employee dismissal
4: Reinforce Clarity
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Four Disciplines of a Healthy Organization:
38. What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
Level 3 Leader
• Organizes people and resources
toward the effective and efficient
pursuit of predetermined
objectives.
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39. What Kind of Leader Do You Want to Be?
Level 5 Leader
• Ambitious first and foremost for the
cause, the organization, the work — not
themselves.
• Displays a paradoxical blend of personal
humility and professional will.
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40. Winners Want to be Associated with a Board/
Authorizer that…
• Knows its purpose and why it exists
• Understands it is the highest authority in
the organization
• Knows it represents the public
• Is disciplined in its role and behaviors and
those of its individual members
• Is trustworthy and predictable
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41. Winners Want to be Associated with a Board/
Authorizer that…
• Uses its authority to empower, not strangle
• Ensures the organization is effective
and efficient
• Has high expectations and measures
performance
• Is unafraid to judge, but does so fairly
• Continuously earns credibility
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““We believe boards that govern
for greatness ask wise
questions and measure things
that really matter.”
Dr. James Goenner
National Charter Schools Institute
“
45. Key Renewal Questions
Academic Financial Organizational
Is the
educational
program a
success?
Is the school
financially
viable?
Is the
organization
effective and
well run?
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46.
47. “Don’t let what you
cannot do
interfere with what you
can do.”
48.
49.
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Let’s equip
Kids to fly!