Dr. Robert Hogan
Heads of school work under a constant spotlight, but experience and research indicate that a school’s success actually depends on its whole leadership team. We recognize that few objectives are accomplished by only one person or department, and that all leaders are expected to build and maintain relationships. What can be done to better understand the different personalities on a leadership team and to improve the team’s collaborative performance? Our Leadership Team Workshop can help.
For more details, see our prospectus.
We guide Leadership Teams to improve overall performance by recognizing specific themes and opportunities. Building on insights about their own personalities gained from the Hogan Assessment, team members identify team roles, team derailers, and team culture. Finally, we help the Leadership Team create a development plan for ongoing improvement efforts.
I. Planning: after a preliminary meeting, the Head and Leadership Team take the Hogan Assessment.
II. Engagement:
a) We review the reports individually.
b) The team participates in a half-day workshop.
c) We follow up with the Team to check on progress.
III. Documentation: we deliver a written summary of the Assessment with themes, goals, and action steps created in the Development Plan and supporting tools to track improvment. Individual development options shared at the workshop will be included for ongoing support.
Rod, who has served in leadership positions in independent schools in Pennsylvania, Wisconsin, Hawai'i, and North Carolina, provides coaching services for Southern Teachers’ member schools. He brings three essential components to this coaching:
• proven independent school leadership,
• International Coaching Federation training (the largest coaching certification organization in the world), and
• Hogan Assessment certification. Rod partners with independent school leaders to improve their results.
"Rod developed an individualized approach to working with our team that was research-based. He ably led us in preparing for a productive retreat day that has set us on a path of improving our team dynamic and ability to work together on behalf of our School."
Kim Wargo
Head of School
The Lab School
"We have chosen to put both our Hogan-based individual goals for the year on the top of our running dashboard document for the year. It acts both as a reminder and as a reference point for conversations and decisions. In addition, the team concepts we covered around conversations and decision-making as well as the logic model Rod modeled for us allowed us to create a set of interventions based on faculty needs that we have been executing on this first month to recapture culture post-covid. Rod's work with us unlocked a process that continues to bear fruit. I am in debt and gratitude to Rod and the work we shared."
Fabio A. Hurtado
Upper School Head
Cannon School
"Our entire administrative team worked with Rod on the Hogan Personality Inventory this spring. He provided outstanding perspective, leadership, and expertise. We all left with a better sense of the strengths and weaknesses of our individual styles and with concrete plans for how we can be more effective within our teams. AND it was fun. I recommend Rod with enthusiasm and without reservation."
Treavor Lord
Head of School
The Hill School
"My team was very complimentary of the workshop and several commented on how engaging the topics were and how fast the time went. The workshop was just what we needed after a long year to learn more about each other and our team dynamics. Thanks to Rod for all his work through this process. I appreciate his insights and leadership."
Leisa Houghton
Head of School
Bulloch Academy
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