Faculty Culture: Overview

Written By Hal Hannaford

The Components:

Discourse

Morale

Commitment

The Right People:

Hire for talent:

Displays passion, loves pressure, craves action, inspires others, knows how to finish the job, exhibits curiosity, thrives on WOW, embodies weird, exudes a sense of fun, thinks at a high level, takes risks, loves initiative

NOTE:  Skills, experience, and knowledge should not be overlooked but should be secondary after talent. 

Talent includes:

  • Professionalism

  • A display of empathy for children and in particular boys

  • A fascination with what makes boys learn – how are they motivated

  • Pedagogical excitement

The Creation of Culture:

  • Everyone must know everyone is responsible

  • Destruction of bureaucracy

  • A love of P.D.  

  • Boss your boss

  • Initiatives are everything 

  • No fear of making mistakes  - intelligent mistakes are good

    • Learn and grow from our mistakes

  • Bottom up initiatives work best

  • Vision must be top down

  • Level of respect at all levels

  • Servant leadership culture

  • Attitude of take your job seriously but not yourself

  • Focus on people’s strengths – accept their weaknesses

  • Separate behaviour from people

  • Transparency

  • Nourish to flourish – recognition +

  • Never say “NO”

  • No meetings

  • Be an example of balance of Life

  • Be wary of human resource departments

  • Be wary of Quality of Life committees

  • Indentify and discuss Joy Triggers

  • Understand and embrace the 20% rule

  • Celebrate, celebrate, celebrate

  • Little things really are big things

  • The assumption of good intent

Hal Hannaford
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