navigating board relations brief
This brief provides superintendents direction when they are having issues with the school board. Guidance includes how to get resources and support to manage the board relations or how to decide when they should consider a career move.
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Leadership and Personality Assessments
10 Leadership TED Talks to Watch:
*Credit to Iowa State University for Leader Assessments and Videos.
- What’s Your Leadership Style?
- Take the University of Southern California’s Interactive Leadership Style Assessment and discover your personal leadership style.
- 16 Personalities: Free Myers-Briggs Type Indicator (MBTI)
- Take this personality test and get a “freakishly accurate” description of who you are and why you do things the way you do.
- Enneagram Tests
- Take these two online Enneagram tests to help you determine which personality type you are.
- Emotional Intelligence Quiz
- This quiz from the Institute for Health and Human Potential provides an accurate assessment of your level of Emotional Intelligence and gives recommendations on how you can manage your emotions and connect more skillfully with others.
- Harvard’s Implicit Association Test
- This test is designed to reveal attitudes or assumptions that you make on a daily basis. Learn something about yourself that you may not have known!
- Leadership Blindspot Survey
- This online questionnaire from Princeton Management Consulting Group will help you discover your own leadership vulnerabilities and learn how to overcome your weaknesses.
- Performing Under Pressure Quiz
- This quiz from the Institute for Health and Human Potential will show you how you are doing in regards to performing under pressure.
- How Good Are Your Leadership Skills?
- Take this quiz from MindTools to identify where you already lead effectively and explore where your skills need further development.
- True Colors Test
- Print and take this personality inventory to help you better understand yourself and appreciate individual differences.
- Leadership Assessment Questionnaire by Optimal Thinking
- Take this leadership skills assessment to rate your leadership skills, quickly pinpoint your strengths and weaknesses, and understand the difference between where you are and where you need to be.
10 Leadership TED Talks to Watch:
- Simon Sinek, How great leaders inspire action
- Brené Brown, The power of vulnerability
- Drew Dudley, Everyday leadership
- Julian Treasure, How to speak so that people want to listen
- Elif Shafak, The revolutionary power of diverse thought
- Susan Cain, The power of introverts
- Simon Sinek, Why good leaders make you feel safe
- Sheryl Sandberg, Why we have too few women leaders
- Derek Sivers, How to start a movement
- Roselinde Torres, What it takes to be a great leader
*Credit to Iowa State University for Leader Assessments and Videos.
AASA Salary & Benefits Study
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