Leadership Toolbox by Joelle Previty

Roles Necessary in a Team

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 01:18:52 UTC

There are ways to ensure a team is strong and as effective as possible. According to Burke & Barron (2014), Dr. Meredith's Belbin's 9 roles are identified so that there are equal voices in a team necessary to its success. He often spoke against pigeonholing people to a role, but knowing where their strengths are can help support them in their roles and give them the most success in their contribution to the team.

"Togethership"

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https://youtu.be/cNwctJhuOpc?si=375QCYbfA3PXNCPb

Max Hunter speaks to the role of team members being reliable and cohesive. It is important to not only lead, but to build a team that can individually find their role as a leader so that there is a community of people with a common vision.

CASEL

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 01:22:19 UTC

CASEL is a curriculum that impacts both students and adults in schools. Through this link, there are different ideas for ice-breakers, connecting strategies, and reflections that can be built into meetings to quickly create strong connections amongst team members. It is a great way to understand how to best support members of a team.

Introduction to Coaching

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 01:31:34 UTC

Delaware Coaching Resources

This is a great resource that I use frequently as a coach for new teachers and, even more so, as a team lead for my school. There are templates and exercises to help create effortless constructive conversations with others and create goals to encourage success in others.

Free Online Courses

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Though more self explanatory, these are options for free professional development courses to encourage growth as a coach. A large part of leading and coaching is having the ability to grow one's self and it can be done without financial burden.

Coaching Through Chaos

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 02:03:23 UTC

Jennifer Britton does an excellent job at posing ideas for what to do to help teams reconnect and be connected even through times that are challenging. Coaching comes with times of pushback, and it is important to be the person that overcomes and helps others see the importance of their work even when it is hard.

The Art of Coaching Teams book

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Elena Aguilar breaks down what an effective community can do to improve the success of a school. In her book, she speaks about ways to create strong practices, how to approach difficult conversations and cynicism from members, and other ways to be more impactful as a coach.

Instructional Coaching Templates

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 02:12:29 UTC

Coach templates can help elevate a conversation by having structure in place. These templates can ensure that conversations are directed toward goals and have action steps to follow up with in a team.

Dare to Lead by Brene Brown

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 02:13:31 UTC

Brene Brown is a well-known author and speaker who encourages people to self reflect to become stronger leaders. This is a book that has come up often in leadership opportunities and can help build insight into one's own leadership style, and it can also support team members as a book study to build the confidence of and entire team.

Ice Breakers, Challenges, and Recognition Practices

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 02:15:29 UTC

This article provides many choices for team building so it is accessible and thought provoking. If there is a sense of uneasiness regarding where to begin with team building, it helps to have a source that can spark creativity and ensure one has options.

Research about Growth through Mentorship

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 02:18:49 UTC

This article supports the work mentors do with data and evidence to show the impact mentors have on others. By impacting others, there is also data to suggest that mentors help organizations as a whole.

Why Does Mentorship Work?

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 02:19:35 UTC

From the standpoint of the National Institute of Health, there is proof that mentorships can also enhance the mental wellbeing of an organization. When mental health is stronger, people are more excited for the work that they do and are eager to come to work every day rather than feel the effects of burn out.

Mentoring Programs that Work by Jenn Labin

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Labin shares the ways in which building a mentoring program from scratch or revamping a current program can be done more easily and effectively.

Science of Mentorship

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 23:44:13 UTC

Shawn Blanchard speaks about the "prefix" of his life that could have led him down a darker future without the help of guidance. He further breaks down the types of mentors/mentees (some intentional, some unintentional) that can come about in life, and how to be more in control of the possibilities that may come out of having those mentors.

Templates and Forms to Guide Conversations

joelleprevity — 2025-10-21 23:45:54 UTC

Similar to coaching, it is helpful to have templates to inform transformative or motivating conversations. While personalized conversations are beneficial, having that support written and reflected upon can lead to more transformation for both a mentor or mentee.

Negotiation Tactics

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 00:26:21 UTC

Negotiation can have win-win, lose-lose, or win-lose scenarios, and in this passage, Burke & Barron (2014) describe a plan of action that can lead to success in a negotiation. There are definitely times it will be a challenge to receive buy-in from all, but it is also important to repress conflict and encourage a negotiation practice that benefits more than not.

Hertzberg's Motivation and Hygiene Theory

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 00:30:48 UTC

Burke & Barron (2014) turn to Hertzberg's Motivation and Hygiene theory to discriminate between what could motivate a team member or be an inhibitor for motivation. It is important to recognize that extrinsic motivators do not motivate someone indeterminably, but can decrease motivation if they do not meet a member's satisfaction. However, those intrinsic motivators can improve the satisfaction of a member and continue to motivate them long-term.

Delegation Spiral

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 00:32:29 UTC

Burke & Barron (2014) discuss the delegation spiral which has 8 steps that help a person delegate versus "dump" jobs onto other people. Delegating tasks can be done in a motivating way that is clear, concise, and helpful to those who are being delegated the work.

Negotiate Effectively

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 00:35:42 UTC

Following Burke & Barron (2014), this article also helps provide resources to have more positive results from a negotiation versus conflict. Negotiation can sound imposing, but with guidance and resources for skills, it can be natural and an effective way to grow.

Empathetic Negotiation

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 00:38:02 UTC

Korobkin points out that negotiation does not have to be conflicting and it can support others even when they are not thrilled by a vision or goal. He encourages perspective and negotiating with the goal of understanding those with opposing views.

Negotiating at Work

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 00:40:23 UTC

Kolb & Porter do more than discuss negotiations with a team, but building a stronger inner confidence to negotiate welll. It is important not to shrink in the face of a potential conflict, but rather be positive for potential wins.

Negotiation Resources

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 00:41:18 UTC

In this template there are guiding questions for self-reflection to determine the best course of action to take when determining appropriate strategies for negotiation. Through all of the reading, having the inner dialogue can strengthen the output of information if one is stuck in a negotiation that they are not yet prepared for.

Chief Inspiration Officer: How to Lead the Team Everyone Wants to Be On

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 00:43:50 UTC

As is in the title, Ries looks into how inspiring others draws them to be more motivated toward the work of a team. She speaks to those intrinsic factors that can help team members find purpose and excitement in a vision and be more loyal to their team.

Deep and deliberate delegation: A new art for unleashing talent and winning back time

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 00:45:32 UTC

Dave Stitt speaks more elaborately on the pressure and stress a leader has if they hoard all responsibilities. He also speaks to the purpose of building trust in a team through delegation. This book is a deeper dive into finding a stronger team, and stronger lead through delegation.

Turning Strangers to a Team

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 01:41:45 UTC

Team building can be challenging because it takes a long time to build strong connections between members, but there is not often that time to effectively do this. Amy Edmondson gives ideas and solutions to team building through motivating strategies. When motivated, connections are likely to be stronger because well-being of members is enhanced and purpose is more driven.

Fighting Decision Fatigue through Delegation

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 01:43:30 UTC

Decision fatigue is something many people in leadership roles face. It is one thing that many teachers struggle with, and the added stress of a person leading students, teachers, and more can be tiresome. It is important to delegate tasks so that there is less decisions placed on one person mitigating the fatigue.

Motivation Theories

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 01:44:54 UTC

In this article, many motivation theories are elevated to discuss why people behave how they do and in what ways they can be persuaded to work through joy. When seeing members through these lenses, it can increase connection between a leader and their team.

5 Tips to Motivate Teams

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 01:47:04 UTC

These are tips to help increase motivation for a team regularly if ever there are times where it seems motivation is low. There will be times as a leader that it will be hard to pull from one's self to motivate others, and these tips could be an easy way to build teams up as well as building one's self up on hard days.

10 Ways to Improve Delegation

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 01:48:12 UTC

There are many ways to delegate well and strategies to prove this, and this resources gives 10 specific ways for anyone who might be struggling to find strategies themselves. In a pinch, it is helpful to have resources made available.

Delegation to Build Trust in Team

joelleprevity — 2025-10-22 01:48:56 UTC

In this article, there is discussion as to how delegation builds a team. If properly executed, delegation encourages a team by showing members they have a leader who believes and them and sees the validity and strength in the work they do daily.

Article

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Further Research

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Video

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Templates/Guides

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Books

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