Catholic School Leadership: Leading

From Within

• Leadership Conceptualization

• Educational Leadership Experts: Jesuits

• 4 Pillars to focus your leadership from within

• Nurture Your Spiritual Leadership

Agenda

What does effective school leadership look like?

What does effective leadership look like?

Leadership Goodness from St. Ignatius

Self

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Heroic Leadership: Best Practices from a 450-Year-Old Company that

Changed the Worldby Chris Lowney

Self AwarenessExamen, Mediative Contemplation, Intention

Where do you spend time?

Catholic Leadership:“Today’s world

stands in great need of witnesses, not so

much of teachers but rather of witnesses.

It’s not so much about speaking, but

rather speaking with our whole lives.”

--Pope Francis, May 18, 2013

Do my activities align with my desires?

Ingenuity

LoveColleague and Student Relationships

Heroism•Help others to

fulfill their nature

•Smell like your sheep

The Emmaus Series: A Leadership

Journey

The Journey

“Our life is a journey, and when we stop

moving, things go wrong.”

--Pope FrancisMarch 14, 2013

School leadership is like biking. To reach your destination...

•Keep pedaling (or else you will fall off)•It’s okay to fall...as long as you get up again•To steer, look at where you want to go•Don’t go too fast or you will loose control•Keep your balance•It’s best to ride with others

The EmmausLeadership Cohort 14

• Become aware and help make aware.

• Welcome and share ingenuity.

• Love and respect the community. Stay centered on shared values and be inspired by different approaches.

• Be heroic, brave. Lead and be led.