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MANAGING AND LEADING –
The work of the same person
1. Leadership practice involves balancing the daily activities of managing and CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION
leading.
a) Think about a typical week at your school.
b) Tick off the activities that apply to you in the right hand column.
Managing ✓ Leading ✓
1. Plan, organise, coordinate Inspire, influence and motivate.
2. Administration Innovation
3. Maintains/complies Challenges/develops
4. Relies on control (positional Inspires trust (an authority, is
authority) competent)
5. A short range view A long term perspective (visionary)
6. Asks how and when? Asks what and why?
7. Focuses on the present (what Focuses on the future (what is the
we want to achieve now) bigger purpose of what we are
trying to achieve?)
8. Focuses on systems and Focuses on people
structure
9. Asks “how” and “when?” Asks “why?”
10. Do things “right” Do the “right” things
2. Reflect on the activities you have identified.
a) Are there any activities that you may not have ticked off, but believe are
important in the work you do?
b) Use the space below, and describe what these are and how you may want to
introduce it into your leadership practice.
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Values-based instructional leadership in schools
