How Understanding Your Work/Learning Style Enhances Your Leadership Skills February 4, 2015 Pre-K Contacts Meeting

Topics for the Day Thank A Colleague Understanding How We Process/Perceive Information What’s My Style???? Let’s Take A Closer Look! Exploring Our Positive/Challenging Traits Impact of Learning/Work Style on Colleagues and Stakeholders Hemisphericity Being An Effective Leader Together Everyone Achieves More! Have Fun and Learn with Each Other

Applicable DEC Leadership Indicators L1. Leaders create a culture and a climate in which practitioners feel a sense of belonging and want to support the organization’s mission and goals. L3. Leaders develop and implement policies, structures, and practices that promote shared decision making with practitioners and families. L6. Leaders establish partnerships across levels (state to local) and with their counterparts in other systems and agencies to create coordinated and inclusive systems of services and supports. L8. Leaders work across levels and sectors to secure fiscal and human resources and maximize the use of these resources to successfully implement the DEC Recommended Practices. L13. Leaders promote efficient and coordinated service delivery for children and families by creating the conditions for practitioners from multiple disciplines and the family to work together as a team.

Let’s Start The Day With Offering Our Colleagues A Little Pat On The Back!

Now that we all feel good…let’s roll with the main event!

Let’s Talk About Learning Styles! According to About Learning Inc.

Fundamental 4MAT ~ About Learning Inc.

Let’s do a little self-analysis

What are the Strengths of YOUR Leadership Style???

With the good….. Comes the “challenging”

Planning a Party!!!

Let’s have a little fun….. Song Choices…what would they be???

Effective Leaders Want Teams of Diversity Not Likeness

Effective Teams Bring A Variety of Skills To The Table

So what impact does our STYLE as a worker and leader have on our colleagues and stakeholders???

Celebrating Success… Addressing Challenges.

Hemisphericity!!!

A wise philosopher once said… Alone we can accomplish great things… But together, we can accomplish even more! Let’s put that theory to the test

Teaming Activity

Just remember…When leading a team… Be sure to honor all learning styles and be cognizant of processing preferences!

And don’t forget……. It’s a balancing act between meeting individual needs and varying learning styles!

Your Thoughts???

A group becomes a team when each member is sure enough of himself and his contribution to praise the skills of the others. --Norman Shidle

BRIGHT IDEAS FOR EFFECTIVE LEADERSHIP!

REMEMBER>>>>>>>>>>

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