Admiral Mike Mullen, Chairman Joint Chief of Staff:
Leaders are clear eyed, frank and not shy about what they say.
Showing posts with label Snyder Administration in Michigan. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Snyder Administration in Michigan. Show all posts
Sunday, January 2, 2011
Leadership Definition in Higher Education
President Levin of Yale on leadership in higher education and in government.
Faculty have chosen their profession because they do not want to be managed, so how do you manage them? There is a common sense of purpose and marching in same direction--that is leadership. Job of a leader is to paint a common vision, a clear sense of direction and clear themes. Get everyone to march in the same direction. If you do not do this everything will be fractured.
Try to persuade. Not everyone will join in and support but you have to try and then move on.
Clear sense of what you need to get buy in to vision.
Realize what is important to employees and be very cautious when changing it.
Faculty have chosen their profession because they do not want to be managed, so how do you manage them? There is a common sense of purpose and marching in same direction--that is leadership. Job of a leader is to paint a common vision, a clear sense of direction and clear themes. Get everyone to march in the same direction. If you do not do this everything will be fractured.
Try to persuade. Not everyone will join in and support but you have to try and then move on.
Clear sense of what you need to get buy in to vision.
Realize what is important to employees and be very cautious when changing it.
Leadership And Governor's Role in Leadership
Former Governor Whitman of NJ: Leadership is getting people to do what you want them to do because they want to do it.
More from Whitman: Every policy you do as a governor will hurt somebody. It is not like running a business where your only obligation is to do what is best for your business or for your shareholders. A Governor must recognize that she has to do what is best for the largest number of people not just for friends, special interest or even for deserving citizens. A Governor has to make decisions as a state leader and those decisions, all of them, will hurt somebody or something. that is the role of public policy leader of a Governor.
More from Whitman: Every policy you do as a governor will hurt somebody. It is not like running a business where your only obligation is to do what is best for your business or for your shareholders. A Governor must recognize that she has to do what is best for the largest number of people not just for friends, special interest or even for deserving citizens. A Governor has to make decisions as a state leader and those decisions, all of them, will hurt somebody or something. that is the role of public policy leader of a Governor.
Change
One of the tasks of the new Governor is get Michiganders to NOT fear change. To get all of us want to be change agents at the same time as we understand that change needs to treat everyone equally--give everyone the same opportunity to succeed and equal opportunity to be a change agent. Teach us how to not fear change.
Saturday, January 1, 2011
Snyder Inaugural Address today
What will he proposed that is dramatic or will it be a motivational address getting Michiganders to come together to make tough choices?
what were the most intriguing proposals? The most dramatic? The most troubling?
what were the most intriguing proposals? The most dramatic? The most troubling?
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