Personal Coaching & Professional Development Seminars

COACHING on the DELIBERATE & COURAGEOUS PRINCIPAL with the 10 ACTIONS & SKILLS of HIGH-ACHIEVING SCHOOLS has become the common request of school districts.  Rhonda works with individual principals or district administrative teams in strengthening the 5 Deliberate Actions and 5 Courageous Skills of leaders. The most common format is for Rhonda to lead five half-day morning sessions consisting of current research and strategies on one action and one skill with the administrative team. Then afternoon sessions are scheduled with individual school principals to discuss specific ways of embedding the actions and skills. After five full days of professional development, the ten actions and skills have been introduced and and all reproducibles shared with the team.
5 DELIBERATE ACTIONS:

• Establish a Vision Story
• Clarify the Work
• Create Teams to Move the Work Forward
• Take Action (Instead of Being Busy)
• Lead Effective Meetings

5 COURAGEOUS SKILLS:

• Build Relationships
• Reframe Conflict
• Hold People Accountable
• Lean into the Positive
• Turn Inward

THIS MOST POPULAR PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT SERIES includes Rhonda's friendly presentation style and student-focused content, plus her ability to work with a variety of grade levels and audiences.  Pre-seminar phone conferences are required so that Rhonda can learn more about the organization, the specific needs of the participants, and the intended outcomes, in order to personalize the workshop for each participant. 

This professional development session is based on the work of Patrick Lencioni and highlights essential understandings for principals and district-level administrative teams. Rhonda customizes this workshop to introduce the three signs of a miserable job and what principals and leaders can do to combat each of them.  Participants will leave with a better understanding of the three principles and a specific plan of things to implement for their team. 
"Don't let the simplicity of the message fool you. These three components provided powerful, practical, real-world solutions for improving results by putting people first in our district.  It was a simple, but essential piece we were missing and has made a tremendous impact in our schools."     ~Becky B., school administrator - Florence, KY

• Anonymity - Does each person in your organization feel "known" by you as the leader? Do they feel understood and appreciated for their unique qualities or do they feel invisible or anonymous?
• Irrelevance - Does each person in your organization know that his/her job matters to someone?  Do they see a connection between their work and the satisfaction of another group in the school?
• Immeasurement - Does each person in your organization know how to gauge his/her progress?  Is there a tangible means of assessing success as it pertains to the relevance of their position?  Teachers? Aides? Secretaries? Custodians? Cafeteria Staff?
  
  

This workshop (based on the work of Patrick Lencioni) reveals the five dysfunctions that go to the very heart of why teams - even the best ones - often struggle.  Rhonda outlines a powerful model with action steps that can be used to overcome these common hurdles and build a cohesive, effective team.  
"This fine work is a must for any leader that has come to grips with the fact that no school makes progress - much less success - alone. You must have the critical elements of a team working together in today's educational environment." 
 ~Dave H., Superintendent - IN

• If there is a level of trust on the team, then conflict is possible.
• If we work through conflict, we can truly commit.
• If we have a clear sense of what we've committed to do, then we can hold one another accountable.
• If we don't hold each other accountable, we'll never achieve the results we are capable of attaining.
  
  

Rhonda is a Myers-Briggs Type Inventory (MBTI) Certified Trainer