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Mini 03: The Art of the Interview
No full textYou may be the most qualified person for the job; yet if you don’t say the right things and say the wrong things, you won’t get the job. In this fast-paced session, you will witness two mock interviews; you will learn to assess what went well, and what didn’t; and then you will discover transformational strategies you can use to help you get that next promotion. This session will include practical ideas for preparing for the interview, practicing your answers to real interview questions, and offer strategies to use in the group panel interview versus the final interview. The presenters have been on both sides of the interview table for more than 35 years each. They promise the session will be helpful, useful, and humorous
Mini 04: Finding Your Story – The Intentional Use of Storytelling for Leaders *
No full text“Data will convince people. Stories will move them to action.” Stories can be very entertaining. Effective communicators know that stories can do far more than just entertain. In this workshop we explore why stories can be so powerful, how different types of stories impact different ways, and where the stories come from. You will also get a chance to try a simple method to find and develop your own stories
How Exemplary Suburban Superintendents Build Trust With and Between School Board Members
No full textPurpose: The purpose of this explanatory sequential mixed-methods study was to identify and describe what leadership strategies exemplary suburban superintendents perceive as the most important to build trust with school board members using the 5 domains of competence, consistency, concern, candor, and connection. In addition, it was the purpose of this study to identify and describe what leadership strategies suburban superintendents perceive as the most important to build trust between board members.
Methodology: This explanatory sequential mixed-methods study analyzed quantitative surveys and qualitative interviews to answer the research questions in regard to each element of trust in The Values Institute pyramid of trust.
Findings: The major strategies exemplary suburban superintendents used to build trust were to lead, develop, and engage board members in discussions about their district’s mission, vision, and values; make hard decisions; keep board members involved and engaged in governance activities; develop norms, protocols, and a governance handbook; keep commitments to board members; demonstrate visibility combined with behaviors and actions that are expected; ensure that board members have a voice; keep the board informed in an open and honest fashion; be transparent, honest, and develop mutual accountability; listen; and get to know board members and treat them positively and respectfully.
Conclusions: It was concluded that to build trust superintendents should give the governance team meaningful roles to develop and implement district values, vision, and mission; be highly visible and keep commitments to board members; skillfully facilitate discussions with board members while demonstrating high transparency; understand that trust is complex and must be built individually and collectively; develop highly effective and adaptable communication skills; and practice leadership based on love and acceptance.
Recommendations: Additional research should be conducted to understand trust from the board members’ perspective; determine trust instrument effectiveness, describe gender influence on trust, determine the effectiveness of consultants trained to build trust, describe trust repair strategies, and explore the lived experiences of those superintendents who demonstrate the leadership practices of love and acceptance
The Muzzling of the Sheepdog: A Mixed-Methods Case Study of the Impacts of Media Reporting on Police Officer Performance
No full textPurpose. The purpose of this mixed-methods case study was to understand:
Questions 1 and 2: How do police officers in major metropolitan law enforcement organizations experiencing crime spikes since 2008 perceive the impacts of the media coverage on them personally/professionally?
Questions 3 and 4: Is there a significant difference about the perception of how media coverage impacts patrol officers personally and professionally in major cities experiencing crime spikes since 2008 based on gender/race?
Methodology. The study used a phenomenological mixed-methods case study approach collecting both quantitative and qualitative data.
Findings. An analysis of the data resulted in ten major findings and two dominant themes related to police roles and reactions. The theory of the “muzzling of the sheepdog” states that police officers if muzzled by policy, politics, and media, will become unwilling to protect the sheep. The study explored media’s scrutiny of police officers as well as the negative impacts this muzzling effect is having on police officers’ satisfaction, performance, and productivity and the implications of these effects on crime.
Conclusions. As a result, the following conclusions were formed: Solutions rest in our nation’s ability to partner academic knowledge and scientifically proven best policing practices, void of news media sensationalism, to unmuzzle our nation’s police officers, who strongly agree both the “Ferguson Effect” and the effects of sensationalized reporting are affecting their motivation, safety, willingness to enforce laws, and causing them to operate in career survival mode. Police officers state their motivation and satisfaction with law enforcement is negatively impacted by decriminalization of laws, referred to by this researcher as “legalization by legislation,” and dissatisfaction with organizational leadership, policies, pay, and workload.
Recommendations. Based upon the findings, it is recommended law enforcement executives, policy advisors, elected officials and community groups abate the muzzling factors causing police officers to become less proactive and hesitant to ensure the safety of our communities by focusing on research from the police officers’ perspective, fostering accurate news portrayals versus infotainment, promoting policies that do not seek to legalize by legislation, and increasing law enforcement executive support