Today was Parade of Orchestras. It was my first parade of orchestras w/ the Moanalua groups, and overall they did very well. I was most proud of their behavior and demeanor. CS was much more focused, controlled, and overall receptive. It equaled a much stronger performance than at Winter Concert.
CO did a great job too. They lead and took care of themselves for most of the day. I loved this fact that they were self directed. They also performed well. The Saint-Saens had it's interesting moments, it was a bit rough at times, but overall they did their best and it was a wonderful performance.
I find myself now thinking about how best to finish the year, prepare for aloha concert, and start thinking about next year. So many ideas are flying around that it makes me both restless and excited to finish out the year and start paving into next.
On another note, I'd like to post these thoughts on leadership. They come from my MSU program. First:
"Leadership is learned and never to perfection." So true, and I feel needs little reflection/expansion.
It’s not enough to know or understand that no one is born a perfect leader and everyone has weaknesses; what’s impactful is what you are able to do with those weaknesses. In their influential article, “In Praise of the Incomplete Leader”, a group of MIT professors (Ancona, Malone, Orlikowski, and Senge) argue that no matter how experienced or talented, the “complete leader” is a myth. They write, “It’s time to end the myth of the complete leader: the flawless person at the top who’s got it all figured out. In fact, the sooner leaders stop trying to be all things to all people, the better off organizations will be” (p. 110).
This is something I've learned quite a bit this year. It has proven to be incredibly freeing and reflective for me and changed my life and the way I teach. The team that I am so blessed to work with is what makes the difference and as we all grow as people and educators, we will continue to improve in our leadership.
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