Generative Leadership : Shaping New Futures for Today's Schools

by Karl J. Klimek

• ISBN13: 9781412953016
• ISBN10: 1412953014
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2008-04-29
• Publisher: Corwin Pr

Summary

The authors demonstrate how to tap into an organization's collective intelligence through generative leadership. The model includes engaging in personal reflection, promoting professional conversations, and harnessing creativity.

Table of Contents

Foreword	p. vii
Preface	p. ix
Acknowledgments	p. x
About the Authors	p. xi
Prologue	p. 1
Generativity: The First Foundational Element	p. 5
Why Generative Leadership?	p. 6
Like Clockwork	p. 7
Atoms and Organizations	p. 9
Social Science Roots	p. 10
An Appreciative Eye	p. 11
Lessons From Science	p. 12
Defining Generativity	p. 14
Living Systems: The Second Foundational Element	p. 19
Early Developments	p. 20
Enter the Engineers	p. 21
Feedback: The Missing Loops	p. 22
Complex Systems, Simple Models	p. 23
Lessons From Nature	p. 24
Attributes of Living Systems	p. 25
What School Leaders Can Learn	p. 27
The Brain/Mind System: The Third Foundational Element	p. 31
Natural Learning	p. 32
How Learning Correlates to Structure	p. 33
Brain/Mind Basics	p. 35
Teaching, Learning, and Leading	p. 41
Implications for Leaders	p. 44
Generative School Leadership	p. 47
Expanding Possibilities	p. 48
The Look and Feel of Generativity	p. 49
A Lens on Learning	p. 52
Leadership Modalities	p. 53
A Developmental Continuum	p. 55
The Leader's Role	p. 57
The Leader's Journey	p. 58
Situational Assessments	p. 60
10 Operational Indicators	p. 60
Putting Ideas Into Action: Methods and Practices to Develop Generativity	p. 67
The Power of Authentic Conversation	p. 69
Ancient Lessons	p. 70
Circles at School	p. 71
World Cafe	p. 72
Appreciative Inquiry	p. 73
A Quick Comparison	p. 73
Getting Started	p. 75
The U-Process	p. 76
Catalysts for Growth: Tools and Resources for the Generative School Leader	p. 81
How to Use Chapter 6	p. 82
Both/And Viewfinder	p. 83
Unpacking the Six Hallmarks	p. 85
The Modality Matrix	p. 93
Critical Visioning Web and Waterfall	p. 96
The Brain Learning Cycle	p. 101
Brain/Mind Principles and Capacities Wheels	p. 104
Generativity, Living Systems and Brain/Mind Learning: The Processes and Procedures Lens	p. 107
From the Authors' Bookshelves	p. 109
Resources	p. 114
References	p. 116
Index	p. 118
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