I was reading an article, "The Lure of Consensus" in the latest Educational Leadership magazine. [www.ascd.org] It was discussing the difficult we have as principal when it comes to keeping everyone happy. In reality, we can't. Our role will always contain a degree of confrontation and conflict. This is often a very draining part of our role. The article emphasised the following points...- "Consensus is like lukewarm vanilla ice cream, with no sauce."
- It is important to make clear who is responsible for what decision making. There are your decisions [other party decides], our decisions [collaborative decisions] and my decisions [when we have to make the call].
- "Shared leadership doesn't mean principals abdicate making decisions; it does mean being thoughtful about who decides what."
So with a strong push for collaborative leadership, of which I am supportive, it is important to make sure it is understood who is responsible for what.
The following link provides some information of the Educational Leaders site.
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