This document provides an overview of topics related to leadership in advanced technology. It discusses that the future cannot be predicted with certainty and that understanding the past can help see the future more clearly. It also notes that leadership can be learned and developed, and that effective leaders take action, develop self-awareness, empower others, and make sense of constantly changing contexts. The purpose of the course is to understand technological innovation and organizational change in educational settings.
8. “Research strongly suggests that
the ability to look first to our past
before we march blindly forward
actually strengthens our capacity
to see the future
more clearly.”
James M. Kouzes
Barry Z. Posner
Page 81
9. Are leaders born or made?
• “Leadership is an observable, learnable set of
practices.”
• “Leadership is everyone's business.”
Suze Orman
Wendy Kopp,
Teach For America
Marissa Mayer, Google
Colin Powell
Tony Hsieh,
Zappos
Page 82
10. Leadership is a Relationship
• “Those who aspire to lead and those who
choose to follow”
Page 84
11. Leadership Starts with action
• “If we are going to have a future – let alone
thrive in one -- leaders don’t wait (in fact we
can’t wait) for grand strategic plans to be
completed, new legislation to be passed, or
consensus to be built.”
Page 85
12. Leadership Development is Self
Development
• “Self-knowledge is an
essential part of
becoming a leader. To
become a leader you
must become yourself.”
• “Until you know yourself,
strengths and
weaknesses, know what
you want to do, and why
you want to do it.”
Page 88
13. Evaluating Your Internal Leader
• Willing to make
decisions
• Empower others
• Willing to elicit
and give
feedback
Leading Yourself, Philip Slater, Page 110
14. Making Sense of the Context
• The specific context a leader faces is hard to
grasp because it’s like stepping into a river –
you can never step into the same place twice
because its flow is constantly changing. So an
important job of the leader will be to
continuously scan the environment and try to
make sense of it.”
Gretchen M. Spreitzer
Thomas G. Cummings
Page 242
15. Advanced Technology Leadership
• The purpose of this instructional technology
course is to enhance understanding of the
interconnected and diverse forces of
technological innovation that impact learning
organizations and the change process. Rationale
for change, need for organizational planning, and
the consequences and benefits of implementing
change for students, teachers, leaders and other
educational stakeholders will be at the center of
course discussions, readings and activities.
