Inspired by Sacrava's CartoonsBy A. Gaffar Peang-Meth
Pacific Daily News
On May 12, I wrote about Jerry D. Weast, an education leader of one of America's most successful public school systems, who described as a leader's "toughest job ... to move from strategy to execution," which requires "teams" of "people who do the work" to sustain the change that is driven by "visionary leadership."Thus, it's those "people who do the work" every day in their unsung roles in the office, streets or field who form teams of "heroes" and "sheroes" whose activities enable a leader to steer the organization or movement toward success.
"The power to move forward rests in staff engagement, in each person's belief that his or her role ... is critical to achieving the goal," Weast says. Teams "work within a culture" that can be poisoned by "entrenched habits, practices and structures." But "for every poison there is an antidote."
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