Response to MARCELOWARKENTIN’s Contextualizing Thank you for your clear description and explanation of the culture and community you come to us from. Your insight has been eyeopening and helped me reflect on times where I have worked in different cultural situations. We often come to these classes with “western-first-world” glasses on, viewing all discussion in light […]
Response to “Palak’s Competencies at Work” Thank you for your honest assessment of the principles and competencies covered in the course. I found your discussion on the The Lateral Organization (Galbraith, 2014) helpful and reminded me of content from another course. Galbraith’s discussion of the Lateral Organization works well with transformational servant leadership principals. It […]
This is a response to Stella Peter’s To Implement or not to Implement, that is the Question…. https://create.twu.ca/stellapetersldrs501/2018/11/22/stellas-strategic-competencies-blog-8-1/ Thanks for the post, Stella! I believe your staff must be appreciative of your desire to keep the school moving forward and also appreciative of your desire to make changes with each of them on board. By […]
In response to Sally’s original post found here. Hello Sally! I hope you are surviving report card season? I must say your writing is inspirational, all of it. I read you in awe. You are clear, articulate, and thought-provoking. You have a gift, and I pray you continue to use it even after your courses …
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Some thoughts on These Are A Few Of My Favorite Things The original can be found here: ♫♪♫♪♪ These are a Few of My Favourite Things ♫♪♫♪♪ (8.1 competencies) Sally, great stuff. It was with great joy that I read your post. How about it, your least essen…
Some thoughts on Vision and visualization (from Samson) + Christian education. The original can be found here: Vision and Visualization Thank you, Samson, for your insight on vision and visualization and how they differ from each other. I love s…
Blog 8.1 Strategic Competencies at Work Hi Seabreeze! I agree with what you write about action planning. It is an extremely effective tool in management. There are two things that I find difficult with action planning. In my school, we are required to do action plans, however once they are submitted, they don’t get looked […]
Original post found here: https//create.twu.ca/stellapetersldrs501/2018/11/22/stellas-strategic-competencies-blog-8-1/ Thank you for continuing to provide insights into the educational world, Stella, which reveals the intricate nature of relational decisions in every day functioning. As I read through your post a few times, I wondered how an administrator achieves balance between the need for strategic decisions for growth and the…
Response to PIERRE’S REVIEW ON COMPETENCIES AND PRINCIPLES – POST 8.1 Hello Kamal, Thank you for your post. Although we work in different health authorities and different settings, best practices seem to be universal. Employees need that personal touch to feel heard and respected. I would like to provide a brief description of CLeAR for […]
This is a response to Samson’s blog: https://create.twu.ca/chiefanalyzerofthings/2018/11/23/the-difficulty-in-organizational-change/ Thank you for responding to both me and Palak and your blog has synthesized our ideas together. I agree with your analysis people are motivated differently, and it would be impractical to find out each one’s real needs. However, I believe most of the organizational changes can be managed …
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