BUILDING LEADERSHIP CAPACITY by Kevin Shrum

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-26 22:14:41 UTC

The ability to understand and navigate the formal and informal roles, relationships, and structures within an organization.

Listen / Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-26 22:15:02 UTC

10 ways in which adults can have a much deeper conversation by taking social sensitivity into account

"Social Sensitivity is our ability to understand the perspectives of other adults within our group."

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-26 22:50:35 UTC

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-26 23:04:58 UTC

Effective Team Communication

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-26 23:09:54 UTC

8 Strategies to Develop Empathy

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-26 23:13:04 UTC

10 Empathy Exercises

Listen / Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-26 23:15:52 UTC

Start at 3 minutes to get to the topic of Communication.

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-26 23:22:43 UTC

Communication Skills from Collective Leader Efficacy by Peter DeWitt (pages 157-160)

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 04:38:00 UTC

Collective responsibility makes all teachers the best

Listen / Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 04:38:16 UTC

Podcast: Creating PLC Conversations That Increase Collective Responsibility (Stop at 10:51)

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 04:38:27 UTC

Activity 8.1: Deliberate Practice, Collective Responsibility from Collective Leader Efficacy

"Collective Responsibility refers to the idea that individual members of a group are responsible for the group's actions as a whole."

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 04:40:40 UTC

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 15:22:48 UTC

NSRF Protocols and Activities… from A to Z

"Emotional Intelligence is an understanding of how to reflect and evaluate our emotions and the emotions of others and then decide the best course of action for moving forward."

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 20:30:18 UTC

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 20:35:53 UTC

A Harvard Business Review article by Daniel Goleman and Richard E. Boyatzis, February 2017.

Brief Summary: Although there are many models of emotional intelligence, they are often lumped together as “EQ” in the popular vernacular. An alternative term is “EI,” which comprises four domains: self-awareness, self-management, social awareness, and relationship management.

Listen / Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 20:44:27 UTC

12 traits emotionally intelligent people share (You can learn them) | Daniel Goleman for Big Think+

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 20:47:33 UTC

Three simple exercises to enhance three specific aspects of emotional intelligence: self-awareness, self-regulation, and positive connections: assessment of bodily sensations, cognitive load, and emotional states; strategic breathing exercises; and authentic, intentional acts of kindness and understanding.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 20:51:35 UTC

Actively build habits in Emotional Intelligence areas rather than simply relying on understanding them conceptually. Three questions can help you on your way: (1) What are the differences between how you see yourself and how others see you? (2) What matters to you? (3) What changes will you make to achieve your goals?

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 20:53:48 UTC

50 tips & actions for improving your emotional intelligence.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-27 21:00:48 UTC

Group Commitments (or Agreements) are important for a group that intends to work together over time and will be having meaningful, sometimes difficult, conversations. Starting with basic commitments builds trust, clarifies group expectations of one another, and establishes points of “reflection” to see how the group is doing regarding process.

kevin_abeo — 2024-09-30 23:09:57 UTC

"Communication is the sending and receiving of information and can be one-on-one or between groups of people, and can be face-to-face or through communication devices."

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-10-02 21:55:47 UTC

While engaging in learning conversations and providing feedback and insights, two types of questions are typically leveraged: Clarifying and Probing. It is important to distinguish between the two.

Listen/Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2024-10-29 00:32:37 UTC

Tuckman's 5 Stages of Team Development

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2024-10-29 00:34:50 UTC

Taking the Time to Establish Collaborative Expectations

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2024-10-29 01:30:14 UTC

Elena Aguilar- Example of agenda builidng for Norm Building

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2024-10-29 01:47:26 UTC

Great Meetings Are Like Great Classrooms

DISTRIBUTED LEADERSHIP

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 19:16:46 UTC

Distributed leadership is a model where leadership responsibilities and decision-making are spread out among multiple individuals within an organization.

SHARED LEADERSHIP

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 19:17:28 UTC

Shared leadership refers to a collaborative approach to decision-making where all members of a team have equal input and influence.

CREATING NORMS

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 19:55:24 UTC

Norms are shared agreements about how people work together. Commitments are shared agreements about how people learn together.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 20:02:41 UTC

An Abeo protocol to support forming group commitments.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 20:04:35 UTC

Guidelines and questions to support facilitator preparation.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 20:06:34 UTC

Routines that cultivate one's capacity to look beyond their own perspective and to consider others’ experiences, thoughts, and feelings.

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 20:09:21 UTC

A guide to establishing better communication habits for success in the workplace.

THE PLAN

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 20:10:30 UTC

Output:
The plan is the concrete result of the planning process, a document or framework that specifies the details of the meeting.
Focus:
It outlines the goals, objectives, agenda, timelines, and resources needed for the meeting.
Static:
Once created, a plan is generally considered static, though it can be revised as needed.

Example:
A detailed agenda for a school board meeting, including the purpose, speakers, and time allotted for each topic.

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 20:12:32 UTC

To prevent holding a meeting in which participants are unprepared, veer off track, or waste the team’s time, you should create an effective meeting agenda that sets clear expectations for what needs to occur before and during the meeting.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 20:15:01 UTC

Abeo's guide to designing an effective agenda.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-03-07 20:16:25 UTC

Using the NYC DOE resources to plan for a PDSA Cycle.

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2025-04-01 20:42:23 UTC

The importance of planning is often underrated. Planning helps leaders deliver.

PLANNING

kevin_abeo — 2025-04-01 20:44:38 UTC

Actionable Process:
Planning is the ongoing, dynamic process of gathering information, exploring options, and making decisions to create a plan.
Focus:
It involves identifying the purpose of the meeting, setting goals, identifying stakeholders, and determining the best approach.
Flexible:
The planning process is more flexible and adaptable to changing circumstances and new information.
Iterative:
Planning often involves multiple iterations, with adjustments made as new information becomes available.

Example:
A team brainstorming the best way to address a specific issue at a school, considering different approaches and gathering input from stakeholders.

Listen/ Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2025-04-01 20:54:10 UTC

Diagnosing an issue can be difficult in the midst of working on your leadership challenge. When you move back and forth from the dance floor to the balcony, you can continually assess the situation in order to better position yourself to make progress.

Listen/ Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2025-04-01 21:05:58 UTC

The effectiveness of your meeting can be predicted based on your agenda. One thing you can do to have a powerful meeting is agenda preparation. This video will provide tips on how to create an effective meeting agenda and explain why every meeting should have an agenda. Find out what to include in your meeting's agenda with 7 important tips.

Listen/ Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2025-04-01 21:09:27 UTC

Follow this 7-step guide to design an effective meeting agenda and grab the free template too.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-04-01 21:19:47 UTC

This agenda template can be used on its own OR you can watch the "How To Write An Awesome Meeting Agenda (Tutorial & Template)" for a detailed explanation of the structure.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-04-02 19:51:40 UTC

CCEE Toolkit Continuous Improvement: PDSA Cycle Form

STAGES

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-10 21:12:51 UTC

Teams go through stages of development. The most commonly used framework for a team's stages of development was developed in the mid-1960s by Bruce W. Tuckman - his descriptions of Forming, Storming, Norming and Performing provide a useful framework for looking at your own team.

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-10 21:14:38 UTC

Is your team forming, storming, norming or performing?

It takes time for a high-performing team to become, well, a high-performing team. The process of developing from a motley crew of well-meaning strangers into a in-sync, high-trust squad is complex, and, research shows, skilfully navigating periods of tension and discord

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-10 21:16:07 UTC

Team effectiveness is enhanced by a team's commitment to reflection and on-going evaluation. In addition to evaluating accomplishments in terms of meeting specific goals, for teams to be high-performing it is essential for them to understand their development as a team.

Listen/ Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-10 21:20:06 UTC

Bruce Tuckman conducted research on teams and identified 5 stages of team development that a group needs to progress through. A manager who understands these stages, and the needs of people at each stage, can help the team progress through to the performing stage, and become a high-performing team.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-10 21:32:57 UTC

By understanding these stages as a team leader – and educating other team members on the fundamental principles – you can help guide your group to a harmonious, productive state.

SPHERES OF INFLUENCE

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-11 23:57:10 UTC

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-12 00:00:24 UTC

"This framework is about taking responsibility for our feelings, our choices, and our lives. It helps us move away from blame and into our own power. The bottom line is this: we have a finite amount of energy. The things that we can’t change drain us, but we do have control over how we respond to them."

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-12 00:08:14 UTC

"The Spheres of Control: Distinguish What You Can and Can’t Control to Focus on What Matters Most" By Michelle Porter

The framework supports reflection on what is within your control to support managing your time and energy.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-12 00:09:52 UTC

Reflect on the Sphere of Control framework and how it connects to your identified problem of practice.

Listen/Watch!

kevin_abeo — 2025-09-12 00:13:03 UTC

In Stephen Covey’s seminal book, 7 Habits of Highly Effective People, he describes concentric circles of control, influence, and concern. I regularly use this model as a teaching tool at the beginning of my workshops to remind people that while it is easy to point fingers at issues and lament the problem’s systemic nature, we will never make progress if we remain mired in a position of hopelessness and inaction. Teaching a different perspective empowers participants and shifts them from awareness to action.

DISCOURSE I & II

kevin_abeo — 2025-10-14 19:10:03 UTC

Our beliefs influence our actions, which can either reproduce OR transform results and outcomes.

Changing the Discourse has us think about...

● What are our fundamental beliefs?

● How do we define problems, successes, and failures?

Why re-examine Discourse?

TO... shift the context, relationships and language within which we try to solve problems.

TO... calibrate what we mean by “equity” and “closing the achievement gap”.

TO... change our ideas about what constitutes action.

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2025-10-14 22:14:11 UTC

In this excerpt, we are going to discuss two very simple ideas. First, if American schooling is to be transformed, its participation in the reproduction of long-term unequal social arrangements must be eliminated. Second, the current dominant discourse in schools (how people talk about, think about and plan the work of schools and the questions that get asked regarding reform or change) is a cultural discourse based on domination.

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-10-14 22:17:17 UTC

Changing the Discourse

Creating Cultures for Action and Accountability

Try!

kevin_abeo — 2025-10-14 22:18:44 UTC

Try it on! What might Discourse I and II sound like in your context?

Read!

kevin_abeo — 2025-10-14 22:20:03 UTC

When educators shift how they talk about challenges, they make room for meaningful reflection, collaboration, and growth.