1. Angie Wright, Ed.D. Spring 2010 Symposium Gathering Appalachian State University

2.  Pre-Doctoral Program  Doctoral Cohort / Community of Practice  Process  Opportunity  Reflections

3. “To be a leader means having the opportunity to make a meaningful difference in the lives of those who permit leaders to lead.” - Max DePree “Gift of the Goose” – Ken Blanchard & Sheldon Bowles

4.  Why did I enroll in the program?  Why was I aspiring to leadership?  What were my personal and professional reasons?

6.  Everyone has gifts to share  There was strength in our DIVERSITY  Success was the result of the people  Strength was in the group  Listen

7. Organizational Frames  Structural  Symbolic  Political  Human Resources

8. Margaret WheatleyPaulo Freire

9. JUST DO ITTootle

10.  Mentors and peers  Crisis of: ◦ Choice ◦ Commitment ◦ Confidence ◦ Meaning  Second shift and the “maternal wall” - Hochschild (1989) and Williams (2000)

11. Positivist Pedhazur & Schmelkin Interpretivist Glesne

12.  Four semi-directed interview sessions with six women  Daily logs  Art  Audiotaped and transcribed interviews  Coded transcripts

13.  Appalachian Storytelling  Autoethnographic fiction - Kreiger (1983)  Kill Bill

14.  Bill George 7 Lessons for Leading in Crisis

15.  Diversity  Listen  People  Scholar  Learning

16. Rocks hold firm while water’s might Sends pebbles rolling left and right. Call pebbles rock? Set firm their goals? First flash flood, still pebbles roll. Not name, nor goal divide the two. It’s how they act. It’s what they do. Size dictates to stone, but you’re in control. Are you rock or pebble? Will you hold or roll? - Manly Grant