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Leadership
Create
a High Performance Work Environment
Curriculum
Guideline Four
Leadership
differs from management, yet they go hand-in-hand in high-performance
courts. Leadership is
necessary to vision and to promote needed change and growth. Management is required to pace it, to deal with complexity,
and to coordinate disparate work processes.
Effective courts and court executive teams stand out both in
maintaining routines and bringing about needed change.
Power is used, but it is a team and court-wide effort.
Successful courts have leaders who inspire trust and teamwork and
who understand group process and use groups well.
Initiative is encouraged. Innovation is pushed.
Excellence is demanded, recognized, and rewarded.
Leaders understand other’s needs and talents. They excel in
“servant” leadership. They
both lead and serve others.
Knowledge,
Skills and Abilities
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Knowledge
of the judicial executive team concept and its practical importance
for acceptable court performance;
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Ability
to forge an effective court executive team and to model effective
judge and court manager partnerships;
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Ability
to work effectively with management and technical staff and teams to
develop effective caseflow and other work processes;
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Knowledge
of the classic and current management and leadership literature;
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Ability
to inspire trust, teamwork, and high court performance;
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Ability
to use power, to make decisions, and to act decisively;
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Knowledge
of motivational principles and methods and how to provide timely and
constructive feedback;
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Ability
to motivate justice partners and staff contributions to the court’s
mission;
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Ability
to delegate and to avoid getting bogged down in details and micro
management;
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Ability
to lead and to manage change;
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Skill
in listening, coaching, and mentoring, and developing effective court
teams;
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Skill
in balancing professional, family, and personal needs and in helping
others see the value in achieving balance between their work and
personal lives; and
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Ability
to support and to advance innovation and improved court performance.
View
the Summary
of Leadership Curriculum Guidelines or click on each of the five
Curriculum Guidelines to see the associated Knowledge, Skills and
Abilities:
 Curriculum
Guidelines
Be
Credible in Action
Create
Focus Through Vision Manage
Interdependencies: Work Beyond the Boundaries Produce
a High Performance Work Environment Do
Skillful and Continual Diagnosis
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