Leading Where You Sit

Hope this post finds you all well.

As I travel & work with school site-based teams, I frequently tell team members "You are a leader wherever you sit." I first heard that from Dr. Dick Johnson in a SpEd Admin class @ SCSU in 1986. He went on to explain that in small groups, everyone has a leadership role. Over the years, I have come to understand that each person in a small group can either be a positive leader (by contributing & affirming), a neutral leader, or a negative leader (unfocused, hard on people & easy on problems, over-emotional, etc.).

Here is a link on that topic that is a good, quick read:

Why the term "leader" should not be linked only to those in power:

http://hbsp.ed10.net/r/1AH6/CKSDK/WL8BJM/CIBEC/Z2KU8/PJ/t

Great material - happy reading!