During the Executive Leadership Center Institute “The Power of Trust: Building Relationships that Create Great Organizations,” superintendents will have an opportunity to examine the characteristics of successful leaders and the principles and strategies they use to earn the confidence of people they work with.
The ELC Institute will be held Jan. 27-28, immediately preceding the 2009 Superintendents Symposium in Monterey. Superintendents must be registered for the symposium in order to register for the ELC. Ten scholarships to the ELC are available. For more information, contact Urban Education Executive Gladys Phillips-Evans at gphillipsevans@acsa.org.
“Leaders who add the most value to their organizations make decisions based on strongly held core values of integrity, responsibility and honesty,” Phillips-Evans said. “These leaders build a reservoir of trust among key stakeholders and use it to speak frankly as challenges arise. They are inspired by an adherence to principles they will not breach.”
The work of superintendents has become more transparent and visible than ever before. Demands have increased for school districts to do more with less and to meet increasingly higher expectations to improve student achievement. It is essential that the people who must work together to achieve these challenges have confidence in the superintendent and trust that he or she will be honest with them and provide the conditions they need to be successful.
Moreover, people who work together must trust one another and have confidence in their ability to achieve successful results. Research shows that people’s productivity and effectiveness speed up and they accomplish better results when they work in an environment of trust and integrity.
As they examine the principles and strategies used to earn the confidence of others, ELC Institute participants will discuss readings from current literature on how leaders inspire and build organizational cultures in which people work together with trust and confidence and develop relationships built on integrity.
As LEA leaders already know, the Superintendents’ Symposium is invaluable for getting all the latest information on such crucial items as the state budget and student achievement.
These issues are all the more important in a year when education is trying to fight off massive mid-year budget cuts. By late January, the governor’s proposed 2009-10 budget will also be known, and the symposium will offer valuable analysis and insight on that.
The Superintendents’ Symposium is slated for Jan. 28-30 at the Monterey Conference Center. To register call ACSA Educational Services at (800) 608-ACSA or (650) 692-4300. Registration materials may be downloaded at www.acsa.org/events.