23 May Is Your Iceberg (School) Melting? What is your school’s iceberg? Is it melting? Are there fissures? What fissures do you see? Are there any Fred(s) or Alice(s) willing to

Watch the video,  Educational Leadership and Decision-Making, and read,  Our Iceberg is Melting: Changing and Succeeding Under Any Conditions, by John P. Kotter, Harvard Business School professor and New York Times best-selling author, provided in the  Module 3: Lecture Materials & Resources . Write a reflection paper that includes a response to the questions below:

· Is Your Iceberg (School) Melting?

· What is your school’s iceberg? Is it melting? Are there fissures?

· What fissures do you see?

· Are there any Fred(s) or Alice(s) willing to step up?

· Does your organization have enough scouts?

· Are the No Nos controlling the organization?

· Are you most concerned with success in catching fish today or planning for what may come tomorrow?

· Do you have a visible example of the case for change—your bottle?

· Is there a clear and simple message about the future and what it may look like that is understood by all?

· Is anyone willing to swim ahead?

Submission Instructions:

· The paper is to be 2–4 pages in length and should include citations from the required materials.

· It should be clear and concise. Points will be deducted for improper grammar, punctuation, and spelling errors.

· The use of first and second persons in most formal writing is not acceptable in most courses, and particularly in this one. Your academic and research papers are considered “formal writing”.  This assignment should be written in the third person only, and free of contractions.

· The paper should include in-text citations and the reference page in current APA format.

ead and watch the lecture resources & materials below early in the week to help you respond to the discussion questions and to complete your assignment(s).

(Note: The citations below are provided for your research convenience. Students should always cross-reference the current APA guide for correct styling of citations and references in their academic work.)

Read

· Owens, R. G., & Valesky, T. C. (2015).

· Chapter 4: A Systems Approach to Organization

· Chapter 5: Motivation: Understanding Self and Others

· Chapter 6: The Human Dimension of Organization

Watch

· Systems Theory of Organizations (10:53) Organizational Communication Channel. (2017, February 21).  Systems theory of organizations [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/1L1c-EKOY-w Systems Theory of OrganizationsLinks to an external site.

Supplemental Materials & Resources

· Leadership to lead for equity, learn how the system works Download Leadership to lead for equity, learn how the system works Starr, J. P. (2017). Leadership-to lead for equity, learn how the system works.  Phi Delta Kappan,  99(1), 40-41. https://doi.org/10.1177/0031721717728280