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Use the SEEDS Model to Understand and Manage Our Biases

Nobody makes decisions in a vacuum. Our brains are constantly taking mental shortcuts—for better or worse—to help us choose between options. These shortcuts are known as biases. In...
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Topic/Subtopic Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Systems Building
Use the SCARF Model to Understand Our Individual Triggers

Using SCARF to Collaborate with and Influence Others...
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination
Hold to Purpose

Hold to Purpose

Knowing and articulating what your group stands for (values) and what you want to collectively achieve (outcomes) is your purpose. Staying disciplined to your core...
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership
Act Experimentally

Act Experimentally

Leading adaptive change requires an experimental mindset which involves risks and the possibility of failure. You need to give yourself permission to fail....
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Professional Development
Give the Work Back

Give the Work Back

As leaders, something we can overlook is knowing when to give the work back to those closest to the problem. This means you must not only share leadership but...
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Professional Development
Speak from the Heart

Speak from the Heart

Speaking from the heart means you are willing to express your values in a way that resonates and connects with others’ values. Communicating this throws...
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Professional Development
Raise the Heat

Raise the Heat

Making progress on issues you care about may require you to raise the heat on yourself and others. To address adaptive challenges, you must help people through a...
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Professional Development
Make Conscious Choices

Make Conscious Choices

As human beings, we make both conscious and unconscious decisions every day. Being aware and making choices deliberately allows you to lead...
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Professional Development
Competency 4: Intervene Skillfully

To make progress on your issue or challenge, your actions or interventions require skill. When you intervene or take action to help your group make progress, do so deliberately and purposefully. There will be conflict and competing values when you try to make change on an issue. You are...
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Professional Development
Inspire a Collective Purpose

Inspire a Collective Purpose

There are no reasons for groups to shoulder the difficult work of adaptive challenges if you do not have a compelling purpose to serve....
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Topic/Subtopic Early Childhood Program Design and Management, Leadership and Coordination, CCDF Governance and Leadership, Professional Development