Leadership Development & Embedded Coaching

Embedded professional learning in residence provides me the opportunity to observe/participate in Cabinet meetings, observe Board meetings, evaluation proceedings, or other "coachable" moment opportunities.

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My expertise lies in district-turnarounds, adaptive leadership, context sensitivity, root-cause analysis, decision-analysis, system transformation related to structures and concomitant policies and practices, strategic planning, branding, and leadership development. I have led districts and school boards through a process to build the capacity to manage change. I also teach doctoral level leadership courses at California State University, Fullerton. During the COVID era, I focused much of my work on governance related to decentering and recentering.

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Highly charged political and social realities, the absence of universally accepted goals and measures, and entrenched traditions of teacher isolation require culture-building and context sensitivity. As a school and district leader for twenty-nine years, I have learned that continuous school improvement is not a linear process. Savvy leaders focus on outcomes by creating the conditions for success. Relationship building, political acumen, judgment, and a personal touch are traits change agents must possess.

 

Embedded coaching allows me to take an organization's temperature. For a continuous improvement mindset to become institutionalized, the lead learner must forge a shared purpose. Successful change agents develop a culture of learning by identifying dispositions among adults, creating structures for professional learning and development, utilizing frameworks, and building capacity.

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Read my essay, The Improvisational Art of Leadership for my perspective on framing and mobilizing meaning to bring to the surface the deeper issues of adult behaviors and their impact.

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Learn more about how I can assist you below.

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