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Teaching Learning Leading K-12Jeff Ikler - Director of Quetico Leadership and Career Coaching - Teaching, Educational Publishing, Podcasting, Writing, and Fishing - 607
Jeff Ikler - Director of Quetico Leadership and Career Coaching - Teaching, Educational Publishing, Podcasting, Writing, and Fishing. This is episode 607 of Teaching Learning Leading K12, an audio podcast.
Jeff Ikler is the Director of Quetico Leadership and Career Coaching. He works with leaders in all aspects of life to identify and overcome obstacles in their desired future. “Quetico” (KWEH-teh-co).
He came to the field of coaching after a 35-year career in educational publishing, where he served as an editor, marketer, and eventually the head of all publ...
2023-10-1657 min
Principal Center RadioKirsten Richert, Jeffrey Ikler and Margaret Zacchei—Shifting How School Leaders Can Create a Culture of Change
Get the book, Shifting: How School Leaders Can Create a Culture of Change
Visit the website, ShiftingForImpact.com
About the Authors
Kirsten Richert is an innovation expert who works with leaders on transformational efforts. Kirsten teaches Design Thinking, Communication and Innovation at a number of colleges in the greater NYC area.
Jeff Ikler is Director of Quetico Career and Leadership Coaching, a firm dedicated to helping individuals overcome career issues, and leaders develop sustained changes in their leadership practices and organizations.
Margaret Zacchei is an innovative educational leader and c...
2020-06-0134 min
Getting Unstuck – Cultivating CuriosityOur book Announcement!Today on “Getting Unstuck,” authors Kirsten Richert, Jeff Ikler, and Margaret Zacchei unabashedly talk about their new book, Shifting: How School Leaders Can Create a Culture of Change, why they wrote it, the school leaders and thought leaders who influenced it, and how they feel it will help educators ask the right question about a potential change: “Is this change something that will help us achieve our “Why of Intended Impact” – the outcomes we seek on behalf of our unique students”?
2020-04-0714 minGetting Unstuck – Cultivating CuriosityLeading in a Time of Crisis: Part 2 – Principal Margaret ZaccheiWelcome to Part 2 of a special series: "Leading Schools in a Time of Crisis." In these conversations, we will probe how educators are helping their schools and communities to pivot. Because these educators are extremely busy, we’ve intentionally limited these conversations to 15 minutes. So, how do educators effectively lead change during a crisis? For Principal Margaret Zacchei, it’s about giving people the opportunity to show up with their gifts.
2020-04-0215 min
Shifting for ImpactWhat Future Do We Envision for our Children?Listen to more of the interview we conducted with Mary Howard where she distinguishes between change initiatives and a culture of change. Listen especially for what she means by a collectively embraced “passion-fueled mindset,” and the difference between initiatives that are merely an act of “doing” instead of “becoming.”
2020-03-1905 minShifting for ImpactListen for BrillianceListen to part of an interview we conducted with Steve Paul where he outlines the goals, steps and benefits of a “Performance Acceleration Meeting.” Listen for why he puts a heavy emphasis on behaviors that affect the “Healthy”-side of his business.
2020-03-0406 minShifting for ImpactStay Curious a Little Bit LongerListen to our interview with Michael Bungay Stanier, author of The Coaching Habit (2016) and founder of Box of Crayons, an organization that promotes coaching as the essential leadership behavior. Listen as Michael recounts the five layers of resistance to coaching – and how he counters them.
2020-03-0409 minShifting for Impactinnovating Inside the BoxListen to our two-part interview with Amnon Levav, Chief Innovation Officer of SIT - Systematic Inventive Thinking, where he reviews the firm’s “Function Follows Form” innovation process. Listen for why innovating with constraints and manipulating what you already have yields better results than trying to innovate out of thin air.
2020-03-0433 minShifting for ImpactCultivating Change at the Grassroots LevelListen to part of our interview with Evan Robb where he described how he set the stage for another change initiative - revising the school’s grading procedures. Listen for the strategies he used to increase engagement and get people ready to embrace and implement the change.
2020-03-0405 minShifting for ImpactKeeping the Wheel of Change TurningOne who didn’t stop applying at least one of the principles from Good to Great and the Social Sectors (2005) is Deb Gustafson, former Principal of Ware Elementary School in Fort Riley, Kansas. Listen as she describes how she applied the Flywheel principle and achieved dramatic results. Pay particular attention to what she determined had to be the all important first step of the school’s flywheel.
2020-03-0423 minShifting for ImpactCritical Behaviors of the Mindful LeaderListen to part of an interview we conducted with mindfulness author and expert Michael Bunting where he describes the “7 Disciplines of the Mindful Leader.” As he talks, think about how these disciplines would be especially relevant to the change leader.
2020-03-0413 minShifting for ImpactIt Takes a Lot of Conversations With a Lot of Folks in Different ArenasListen to part of an interview with Greg Ewing where he describes a change initiative when he served as superintendent of Cobb County School District in Georgia. Note how leaders revised their plan as they gathered and assessed new data.
2020-03-0407 minShifting for ImpactProvide the Right Kind of SupportListen to more of the interview we conducted with former Superintendent Dr. Karen Rue where she describes the need to listen carefully to her faculty during the district’s technology change initiative. Listen for why it was necessary to assemble the right team to determine the real problem they were trying to solve.
2020-03-0407 minShifting for ImpactHow You Tell the Story Creates Who You AreHere we speak with Sarah Elkins, author of Your Stories Don't Define You, How You Tell Them Will and a communications coach who specializes in working with clients on the stories they tell themselves – and on what happens to them as a result.
2020-03-0413 minShifting for ImpactDistortions of ThoughtHere we speak with Courtney Ackerman, a researcher and writer who focuses on organizational psychology, especially with how it pertains to the areas of wellbeing and healthcare. Here she speaks about cognitive distortions, or faulty patterns of thinking. As you listen to her description of a few of these distortions, consider the impact that someone who operates under one or more of these faulty patterns of thinking might have on a complex organizational change.
2020-03-0410 minShifting for ImpactHow Do We Need to Behave to Be Successful?Listen to part of our interview with Margaret Zacchei as she describes the work she led to change the culture and climate of her school by focusing on shared leadership, and increasing student and staff engagement. Note how eliciting and using feedback effectively was key to this change effort.
2020-03-0414 minShifting for ImpactIn a Mindful Culture You Can Sense Calm Productivity—Even in a CrisisListen to part of an interview we conducted with mindfulness expert Oksana Esberard where she describes the characteristics a mindful culture would likely exhibit. As she talks, think about the implications of those characteristics on an organization’s “why” and its ability to deliver on behalf of that “why.”
2020-03-0413 minShifting for ImpactWhat Do People Need from Me?Listen to part of an interview we conducted with Kimberly Davis, author of Brave Leadership (2018). Note where she discusses the need to have an external focus verses an internal one – a focus on serving some higher purpose outside of yourself – to achieve the impact you want to have. And note, too for why being vulnerable challenges us to our core.
2020-03-0412 minShifting for ImpactBreaking the Mold of the Conventional High SchoolListen to part of our interview with Rona Wilensky, creator and first principal of New Vista, an alternative high school in Boulder, Colorado and Ivette Visbal, a founding faculty member and currently the school’s Dean of Students. Listen for evidence of how these two leaders wanted to change the concept of high school education relative to instruction, student choice, responsibility, and community involvement. Listen, too, for how “healthy” played into their thinking about the school culture.
2020-03-0419 minShifting for ImpactRecognizing the Power in OthersListen to part of our interview with Mike Oliver, Principal of Zaharis Elementary School in Mesa, Arizona where he talks about realizing the importance of creating an environment where people can take risks and think creatively.
2020-03-0409 minShifting for ImpactFocus on the WhyListen to part of our interview with Jonathan Adams, Assistant Principal at the International School in Luxembourg where he describes his work to clearly articulate the “why” behind a literacy initiative and ensure that those implementing the change viewed themselves as valued contributors.
2020-03-0407 minGetting Unstuck – Cultivating CuriosityImplementing Complex ChangesOK, you’ve agreed on a plan for a complex change. Now, what do you need to consider to implement the plan? How do you get staff buy-in? In the first part of this episode, we'll suggest some answers to those questions. Then we'll hear from veteran educator and consultant Margaret Zacchei. With more than 25 years of experience as a school principal and teacher backing her up, Margaret will comment on how she worked with her staff to increase the likelihood of implement successful complex changes.
2019-01-1557 min