This document contains summaries and excerpts from various leadership experts on creating an effective team environment. It discusses how teamwork can help achieve goals, defining leadership as something that should come from all levels, and creating a culture where every employee feels essential. It provides tips on listening, empowering team members, and treating individuals with respect to build strong relationships.

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7. “The best way to achieve
challenging goals is through
teamwork. Where single
individuals may despair of
accomplishing a monumental
task, teams nurture, support, and
inspire each other”
Noel Tichy, The Leadership Engine

9. We typically think of the leader as being
the person at the top. “But if you define a
leader as an executive, then you absolutely
deny everyone else in an organization the
opportunity to be a leader.”
Peter Senge
Leadership from every chair……..

10. We need to make people feel they are an
essential part of the work through the work
they do everyday.
How do we do that? JFK Story

11. The six most important words: "I admit I made a mistake.“
The five most important words: "You did a good job.“
The four most important words: "What is your opinion.“
The three most important words: "If you please.“
The two most important words: "Thank you,“
The one most important word: "We“
The least most important word: "I"
- Author unknown
- Only make new mistakes

12. Management is doing things right;
Leadership is doing the right
things.
- Peter Drucker

14.  Listen effectively, Communicate effectively
 Encourage teamwork and participation
 Empower team members
 Capacity Building
 Build strong relationships
 Make sound and timely decisions
 Treat each person as an individual
 Know yourself and your team
 Protect your team
 Have vision, courage and commitment

15. "Perpetual optimism is a force multiplier."
The ripple effect of a leader's enthusiasm and
optimism is awesome. So is the impact of
cynicism and pessimism.
Colin Powell
FISH Philosophy

16. Good-to-great leaders start with people
first and then deal with vision and
strategy second…….

17.  COMPANY TOUR
 MONTHLY MEETING
 FIELD TRIP
 PICNIC
 PANEL DISCUSSION
 Run For the Roses
 Kudos, Spotlight on….
 Off-site meetings
 Feed Them
 Notes, deliver pay checks, candy etc
 Other ideas?????
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19. YOU’RE INVITED!!

21.  PLAY
 MAKE THEIR DAY
 BE THERE
 CHOOSE YOUR ATTITUDE
 at work…at school…at home…with
friends…anywhere…everywhere…

22. Why FISH?
Inspires teamwork
Fosters creativity
Increases productivity
Builds effective relationships to
facilitate the communication of
ideas, goals, etc.
Stimulates thinking about ways
to create a more worker-friendly
work environment
Makes people feel valued
Retains employees

23. The FISH! Philosophy
Catch the energy. Release the potential.
How will you …?
• Create a fun, playful, comfortable work/study environment?
• Be someone who makes people’s day?
• Be totally present?
• Choose the attitude you would like to have and see
everyday? Think about your team members and who you
are serving.
How can you be the LEAD FISH?

24.  Be visionary
 Build capacity
 Know your core values
 Be a catalyst for positive change
 Motivate, guide and coach your team
 Make difficult decisions
 Keep learning and growing
 Be the good model
 Encourage feedback
 Value people
 Build and sustain Trust
 Recognition
 Create the constant environment of
learning and development
 Problem solver
 Convey clearly expectations

25.  Taking Risks
 Relationship building
 Provide Hope
 Be Optimistic, if not don‟t expect it from others
 Self-less
 Make everyone feel they are an essential part of the
team
 Be clear what you stand for
 Remember GO FISH
 Empower the team and team members
 Build on strengths, work on concerns
 Positive dynamic attitude
 Give credit and recognition often

26. Building bridges by taking an interest in someone...In true
leadership situations, listening comes before arm-waving.”
Yahoo’s Tim Sanders,
“The job of a leader today is not to create followers. It‟s to create
more leaders.”
Ralph Nader
The great sociologist Max Weber said, over 100 years ago, that the
organizations that will survive and thrive will be those that foster
acts of leadership throughout the system, rather than assuming
leaders only exist at the top.
“Your job is to touch everyone and get into their soul. Every
moment you are in your office, you are useless.”
Jack Welch

27. Rudy Giuliani, the former mayor of New York, tells us in his book
Leadership that there are three keys to leadership:
1. If you are going to lead, be optimistic. If you are not, your followers
can hardly be expected to be.
2. If you don‟t love people, do something else.
3. Be absolutely clear what you stand for.
Make sure people learn and grow from mistakes, and that they share
that learning. But, don‟t accept the same mistake twice. Make it clear
that the rule is: „Only make new mistakes‟.
Phil Dourado
The organization, the programs do not accomplish anything. Schools
succeed or fail because of the people involved. Only by attracting the
best people will you accomplish great deeds."

28. Determine Real Goals then set out to achieve them
Turn Disasters into opportunities
Think great thoughts
Turn barriers into triumphs
 Be proactive
When you want to tell someone something
important, do it in personally
Don‟t be afraid to get your hands dirty doing what
you ask others do…

29. Story Time:
BUS DRIVER BOB

30. What‟s in the BAG…….Dave?
Thanks for coming
David Sanders
Cooperating School Districts
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SSALeadership
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