Excellence Weekly: Building Trust and Audacious Goals
Start your week with inspiring stories of visionary leadership and strategic goal-setting in navigating challenges and shaping the future of education.
- Watch Mayfield City Schools Superintendent Dr. Michael Barnes share a system-wide continuous improvement approach to building trust in the community.
- Tune in to the Accelerate Your Performance podcast to discover how leaders can use big, hairy, audacious goals as strategic tools to achieve successful outcomes.
- Reflect on Principle 7 to ensure that your actions, behaviors, and goals are all in harmony with your core values.
Building Trust with the Community Yields High Dividends: Lessons from a Superintendent
Superintendent Dr. Michael Barnes shares a system-wide continuous improvement approach to building trust in the community.
Through transparent communication, community involvement, and a commitment to continuous improvement, Mayfield City Schools demonstrated that building trust yields dividends in student achievement and innovative learning experiences.
| Hear Mayfield’s Story |
Accelerate Your Performance Podcast
Spur Success with Audacious Goals
How can leaders use big, hairy, audacious goals (BHAGs) as a strategic tool to achieve successful outcomes?
Discover the strategic power of BHAGs in driving success. Join Dr. Janet Pilcher on the podcast, where she defines BHAGs, encourages long-term goals aligned with core values, and explores their role in shaping organizational vision and fostering collective greatness post-COVID-19.
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7 min
Principle 7 • Nine Principles® Framework
Align Behaviors with Goals and Values
Ensure that your actions, behaviors, and goals are all in harmony with your core values.
By consistently aligning actions with overarching goals and values, an organization creates a transparent and authentic environment. This alignment is crucial in building trust with the community, as it demonstrates a commitment to integrity and a shared set of values. When community members can see that a district’s behaviors and actions are consistently guided by its stated goals and values, they are more likely to trust and engage.
Principle 7 highlights the role of alignment in fostering transparency, which is a key factor in building and maintaining trust. The integration of evidence-based tools and process improvement methodologies further emphasizes an organization’s dedication to continuous improvement and alignment, contributing to a trustworthy and reliable reputation within the community.
