Episode Details

Scott Beebe, founder of My Business on Purpose, continues his conversation with Jethro Jones on vision, mission and values. He explains how to move past standard core values like respect and honesty to a short list unique to your school, and then to systems that free you from technician work.

Beebe's example is a law firm that named 'knowing someone' as a core value. A week later it ran a softball team donation request through that value and wrote the check. He calls core values the curbs on the side of the road to your destination.

What you'll learn

• Cut your vision story keywords to 10, then five or six, then three to five core values unique to your school.
• Run hiring, fundraiser and job decisions through your core values, and teach staff to do the same.
• Map your school as three, four or five big systems, then bullet the processes inside each one.
• Hold a weekly meeting that serves as the communication hub for your vision, mission, values and systems.
• Block an hour this week to start writing your vision story and decide whether you want something to change.

Chapters

• 0:00 Part two: core values and top 10 words
• 1:55 Standard core values versus your unique ones
• 4:25 A law firm runs a donation through values
• 7:27 Redefining 'what's best for kids'
• 14:02 Systems that free the leader from technician work
• 16:16 How to find time for vision work
• 20:44 This week's homework for principals

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Questions this episode answers

What are core values and how do they help school leaders make decisions?
Beebe calls core values the curbs on the side of the road to your destination. He says to run every decision through them, whether hiring a teacher, doing a fundraiser or looking for another job, so you don't become all things to all people.

How can a principal find time to write a vision, mission and values?
Beebe offers two options. Set aside a locked hour each week and build a roadmap yourself, or bring in a coach or mastermind to walk you through it. He prefers coaching because an outside voice saves time and pushes you to a conclusion.

How do systems free a principal from being the technician?
Beebe says every school is made of systems such as instruction, administration and logistics. Name three to five big ones and bullet the processes in each. That roadmap frees the leader to lead instead of working in the day-to-day mix.

About Scott Beebe

Founder of My Business on Purpose, a business coach who teaches leaders mission, vision and values, and who also teaches families to create a family vision.

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