#nzpf2014 Brendan Spillane Keynote

High Performing people 

Joy is not about ourselves...
Joy is about what I give...
We are social, therefore joy is much more about what you give!

Write a letter of gratitude to someone who has been a very special person in your life!  Go and deliver the letter...

The act of being generous and good and kind to someone else is healing and good for us.

When we think about who we can be generous for we can shift a focus.

Getting above our times means we must be able to find the stairs, rise above, look down and see if our priorities are truly visible.
The complexity of the role of working in education with learners means we are asked to carry an enormous level of emotional labour.
Carrying the story of families, of hard times, of tragedies, we are always visible.
We are bombarded by sources of speed - the pace of change and life!
Technology speeds us and we need to find sources of calm... finding the source, the connection to the deep calm.

There must be sacrifice and renewal in every day.  We must build renewal into our day, every day...
'The juggler's brain' a sad phrase to equate

Multitasking is mediocrity.... not everything matters equally!
Standing in front of our learners we need to have a great deal of hope...
What will schooling be like in 20 years time?
"what does it mean to be human in these technological times...?'

Gobalisation, personalisation... two mega trends..... is there another megaatrend that might balance us out a little...
"The way we are working isn't working..." Mindful Leadership Global Forum - lets gather and talk about different ways of working and being.

We have survived because of our collaborative gene not our competitive gene.

What is our stance - we take our stance everyday - where do we put our feet!
IN relationship to each other we take a stance... our leadership has a sound, a resonance, a keynote, a word or phrase that denotes us... how comfortable we are with those we are with...

We need to stand in front of our people with a great hope in our heads and our hearts...
Humility and reolve
Dan Pink...  from drive 2009
Mastery
Autonomy
Purpose
Clarity of purpose... It is a responsibility of leadership to rise up and be awre of the clarity of purpose...

Recommended Reads

1. Let your life speak! - Find your third point of Ariadne's Thread

Find your joy - Protect your joy

When who you are is close to what you do is your joy....
Connect with yourself...
Take enough time to read our own life, our own book....

2. Write your three words down... At the end of your days, what do you want to be remembered for/as

3. Share it with a few other people - Don't stay in your inner circle....

4. Prioritise and Diarise - design simple systems and structures that align with your vision and values... and review your progress regularly...  weekly? find ways of working on the things we value and believe in....

5. Help those you lead to do the same. Be intentional about this.  Who will you be a mentor to? What will work for them?

6. Professionalise our health - Be intentional about this.  Get out of BED and row with your oars....

Absolutely MAGIC session!  So much in this to take into our lives....
Thanks Brendan for the MAGIC!

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