The Noble School Leader. Matthew Taylor

      1  Cover

      2  Title Page

      3  Copyright

      4  Introduction

      5  Acknowledgments

      6  About the Author

      7  I: Preparing to Do Mindset Work 1 Seven Invisible Obstacles to Strong School Leadership Why These Mindsets Matter We Cannot Teach Mindsets … … But Productive Mindsets Can Be Learned … And EI Is the Key Endnotes 2 Building New Mindsets and Behaviors with Emotional Intelligence Applying EI with the 5‐Square How the 5‐Square Works: A Personal Case Study The Left Side of the 5‐Square: Doing Our Self‐Work Building Self‐Awareness (What's My Stuff?) Building Self‐Management: Leveraging Our Standard, Managing Our Stuff, and Plugging into Our Drivers The Right Side of the 5‐Square: A Focus on Others Social Awareness: Where Are They and Where Do They Need to Be? Relationship Management: What Others Need from Me to Reach My Targets Applying the Five Domains to Grow Endnotes 3 Preparing for the Learning Journey by Connecting to Your Power Our Power Map Core Driver 1: Life Path Activity 1: Lifeline Activity 2: Values Sort Activity 3: Connecting to Values in Context Core Driver 2: Well‐Being Activity 1: Wellness Audit Activity 2: My Ideal Wellness Schedule Core Driver 3: Relationships Activity: Relationship Mapping Core Driver Four: Self‐Expression Self‐Expression and Flow Activity 1: Finding More Flow Self‐Expression and Personal Voice Activity 2: Where and How Am I Bringing My Voice? From Plan to Practice Endnotes

      8  II: Working the 5-Square 4 The Transactional Leader Transactional Leadership and Its Costs in Learning Organizations Step 1: Start with the End in Mind Step 2: Building Self‐Awareness Connect with Your Power to Choose New Ways of Being Step 3: Building Self‐Management Strategies Self‐Work: Pause and Reflect Step 4: Build Social Awareness to Diagnose Needs and Set Targets Where Do They Need to Be? (Defining Your Targets) Step 5: Manage Relationships to Meet Your Targets Other Work: Pause and Reflect Now the Real Work Begins Endnotes 5 The Unintended Enabler Unintended Enabling in Learning Organizations Step 1: Start with the End in Mind Step 2: Building Self‐Awareness Step 3: Build Self‐Management Strategies Self‐Work: Pause and Reflect Step 4: Build Social Awareness to Diagnose Needs and Set Targets Where Do They Need to Be? (Defining Your Targets) Step 5: Manage Relationships to Meet Your Targets Other Work: Pause and Reflect Now the Real Work Begins Endnotes 6 The Negative Controller Negative