K-12 Institutions

Transforming K-12 education requires continuous improvement and highly engaged leaders, employees, students and families. By building leadership capacity through evidence-based improvement practices and a focus on leadership development, schools can establish an educational leadership culture with the skills and alignment to improve outcomes and drive organizational excellence.

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  • Easily Measure and Communicate Progress on Improvement Initiatives With a Stoplight Report

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    The Stoplight Report helps monitor and communicate how ideas, concerns, and barriers are being resolved. Keep the team informed of priorities for improvement.

  • Using Leadership Rounding to Retain Employees in Education

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    Use rounding to build relationships, improve engagement and retain employees in education.

  • Focusing on the Employee Onboarding Experience to Improve Processes and Reduce Turnover in School Districts

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    How onboarding practices focused on learning from new employees and creating an exceptional experience improved retention in Pewaukee School District.

  • Using Continuous Improvement Strategies in the Classroom to Take a Proactive Learning Approach

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    Apply improvement science in the classroom to foster a learning environment focused on continuously improving to become master problem solvers.

  • The Importance of a Mentor During New Employee Onboarding

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    Establishing mentorship programs for new employees helps increase job satisfaction and develops them into quality contributors within your organization.

  • Initiate a Conversation that Improves Employee Performance

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    The DESK approach for low performer conversations provides a guide to improve employee performance and develop leaders within education institutions.

  • Bold Leadership: A New Age of Education Leaders

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    Education needs bold, agile leaders to guide institutions to meet students where they are and prepare them for the skills they will need in the future.

  • Implementing Inclusion Practices Outside of the Classroom to Improve Inclusion in the Classroom

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    K12 leaders are the change agents need to implement diversity, equity and inclusion, and it starts outside of the classroom.

  • How Can School Leaders Communicate to Address Current Obstacles?

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    To lead through change in education requires agile leadership that anticipates disruption. Plan to over-communicate to navigate obstacles and lead with agility.

  • Conducting a Time Sensitive Situation Analysis and Communicating Action Plans Effectively

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    When decision making is critical, the processes and tools need to be seamless. This situation analysis and action plan template can help education leaders.

  • Succession Planning is Key to Sustaining Organizational Excellence in K12 Education

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    This practice to ensure success for tomorrow’s education leaders captures essential knowledge that can only be defined by the person in the role.

  • 3 Things All Employees Need to Feel Satisfied with their Work

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    In order to feel satisfied at work, leaders need to be intentional in sharing with employees that their job has purpose, is worthwhile and makes a difference.

  • Successfully Manage Change through Leadership Transitions in Education Institutions

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    Prepare future education leaders to successfully manage change and leader transitions by developing individual leadership skills aligned to a succession plan.

  • Communicate with Greater Clarity Using the Execution Triangle

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    Simple but effective practices and tools that K12 education leaders can use to enhance the clarity and transparency of communication.

  • How One School District Hardwired Continuous Improvement Practices to Change their Culture and Adjust through Disruption

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    To execute continuous improvement well, continuous learning is a must. Learn how a school district used disruption as the greatest innovator to achieve results.

  • Accelerate Your Performance Podcast

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    A podcast focused on how school districts and organizations harness the Nine Principles for Organizational Excellence to improve culture and performance.

  • The Maturity Model: Phases of Improvement in Organizational Excellence

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    Implementing five phases of improvement to achieve organizational maturity and excellence.

  • Move Students Forward with a Focus on Strengths

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    How can we accelerate learning and achieve student equity in schools? Start by operating proactively using an asset-based approach to student progress.

  • Re-recruit Employees through Continuous Onboarding

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    Long-term plans for keeping employees on board with the organization require a balance of continuous improvement strategies and development opportunities.

  • Five Factors of High-performing Leaders in Education

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    A portfolio of five schools districts succeeding under leaders who exemplify relentlessness, accountability, development, communication and connection to purpose.

  • Remove Communication Barriers with Key Words at Key Times

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    A concepts and tool that leaders can use to build intentional messaging designed to effectively communicate information to get intended outcomes.

  • Cascade a Culture of Belonging from Employees to Students

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    When leaders demonstrate a culture of belonging with employees, the employees will repeat this behavior with students – in person and in virtual environments.

  • Embedding Continuous Improvement in K-12 Education Systems

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    Using Continuous Improvement methods, K-12 organizations can prepare for the shifting needs of students and approach improvement proactively using data.

  • South Louisiana Community College’s Culture Transformation Began With Senior Leadership

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    Faced with a merger that combined two struggling institutions, Dr. Natalie Harder looks to employees to help her change leadership culture.

  • Drive Team Success with Consistent Communication About Results

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    Regular connections and consistent communication with employees increase employee engagement and satisfaction while keeping teams focused on goals.

  • Create a Positive Culture by Recognizing and Rewarding Success

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    Does recognition in the workplace really make a difference? Only if you want motivated, high-performing employees who are committed to the organization.

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