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Session Objectives • Identify your working style. • Brainstorm strengths and limitations of different working styles. • Discuss the working styles of your school team and how they can lead to positive impact on your school. 2019 | 2

Understanding Your Working Style Leadership Compass EAGLE BEAR DEER 2019 | 3

Directions 1. Read each of the statements on the handout. 2. Place a check mark in the circle next to the statements that apply to how you make choices and decisions at work. 3. Each of these statements will apply to all of us some of the time; we are interested in knowing which of these statements represent you most of the time. 4. Count the number of check marks on each section and place that in the total box. 5. The section with the highest number is your dominant working style. 2019 | 4

Leadership Compass 2019 | 5

Reflecting on Your Working Style What are 3– 4 strengths of your working style? What are 3– 4 limitations of your working style? How might your style complement/work with the others? How can you adjust your style to effectively work with other styles? 2019 | 6

Your Team: Thinking Ahead With your school team: • Share your working styles and which characteristics of the style you think you exhibit most. • Discuss how the combination of your working styles can lead to positive impact on your school. • Brainstorm potential challenges of your working styles and how to proactively address them. 2019 | 7

Action Steps Write down and share a few next steps you commit to incorporating into your work based on your takeaways from this session. Next Steps By Whom By When Meet with my principal to ask any outstanding questions about my role. Team Before first day of school Notes/Resources 2019 | 8

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