MISSION:
Leadership
Service
Stewardship
Court Managers Embracing the Budget Crisis
Noreen L. Sharp, O.P., J.D.
July 14, 2011
MISSION
VISION IS THE GOAL: JUSTICE FOR ALL
MISSION IS THE PROMISE:
Justice in each case, each time
Access
Fairness
Independence
Timeliness
STRATEGIES ARE THE PATHS: Develop more technology
TACTICS ARE THE WALKING: Staff to use more technology
SERVICE
LEADERSHIP
STEWARDSHIP
COMMUNITY
“Leadership” is a concept we often resist. It seems
immodest, even self-aggrandizing, to think of ourselves
as leaders.
But if it is true that we are made for community, then
leadership is everyone’s vocation, and it can be an
evasion to insist that it is not… everyone follows and
everyone leads.
> Palmer, Parker J. (2000). Let your Life Speak
The only guidance we can get
on the inner journey
comes through relationships
in which others can help us
discern our leadings.
~Parker Palmer, A Hidden Wholeness
This is a story about four people named Somebody,
Everybody, Anybody, and Nobody. There was an
important job to be done.
Everybody was sure that Somebody would do it, but
Nobody did. Somebody got angry about it because it was
Everybody’s job. Everybody thought Anybody could do
it. Nobody realized that Everybody wouldn’t do it.
It ended up that Everybody blamed Somebody when
Nobody did what Anybody could have done.
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Always pretend to know more than everyone around you.
Put up barriers between departments.
Ask for a 200 page document to justify every new idea.
Call lots of meetings.
Place the biggest emphasis on the budget.
LEADERSHIP:
Doing what is necessary
What are 3 or 4 or 5 words or phrases
that express leadership in the courts?
How does leadership relate to mission?
How do you lead?
How have you seen others lead?
LEADERSHIP AND SERVICE
We must be silent before we can listen.
We must listen before we can learn.
We must learn before we can prepare.
We must prepare before we can serve.
We must serve before we can lead.
William Arthur Ward
as quoted in Leadership . . . with a human touch.
June 1,1999. p.11.
"I don't know what your destiny will be, but one thing I know: The ones among
you who will be really happy are those who have sought and found how to
serve.“
Albert Schweitzer
SERVICE THROUGH
TACTICS AND STRATEGIES
The right strategy makes any tactic work better.
The right strategy puts less pressure on
executing your tactics perfectly.
Seth Godin, January 04, 2007
"Strategy is doing the right things, tactics is
doing things right."
Peter Drucker
When you next hire a new employee, decide
whether that employee would do a strategic or a
tactical job
SERVICE
What are some strategies used by our
courts to face the budget crisis?
What are some tactics
used by our courts?
What is the difference?
Leadership and Stewardship
Randy Emelo Tuesday, 01 July 2008
STEWARDSHIP
What are some new ideas we can use to
face the budget crisis?
What is something that
has not been done before?
What is something, bold, creative, risky
for the court to do?
FINAL THOUGHTS ABOUT
LEADERSHIP, SERVICE, STEWARDSHIP
DEVELOP PERIPHERAL VISION
WATCH YOUR BACK
BE CAREFUL ABOUT DIRECTIONS
HONK WHEN YOU NEED HELP
STAY IN YOUR LANE
KNOW YOUR OWN CONTRIBUTION
RUN WITH THE PACK