Week+2+Political+Frame

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 * Week Two DQ#2 **
 * Can the political frame be detrimental to a leader? When can the political frame backfire? **
 * Yes, the political frame can be detrimental to a leader. My school had three principals within three years. **
 * In my first year, the female principal of our school and the male principal of the high school positions were exchanged. These transitions occurred during mid-term and unannounced to faculty and staff until the day of actual commission. This decision was drastic and disastrous, as neither the faculty, staff or students were prepared for the change of leadership on either campus. Our new principal focus was on students’ behavior; however, he was arrogant, big, loud and confrontational. He was an authoritarian force that demanded respect by intimidation and instead of establishing a rapport with students and faculty, he made angry people angrier. I stepped between him and a student that he was going to fight in the cafeteria, thinking my presence would calm him; he went into a verbal tirade against me. Numerous veteran teachers stated that he would not last long and he didn’t. Our former principal present at the high school caused a riot. Students set garbage cans on fire and caused extensive damage to campus. **
 * It is very important to access an organization culture. **
 * Strategic Leadership and Decision Making states: **
 * Many changes are superficial, cosmetic, illusory, or designed solely with the purpose of making the executive look good by making it look like he/she is improving things. People go through the motions, but nothing really happens. **
 * The inability to learn from experience and preference for viewing situations in light of preconceived notions is a natural phenomenon occurring in arrogant, self-serving leaders. It pays to nose around and see what has been tried before. **
 * Too often, inexperienced or insensitive strategic leaders who have risen through the bureaucracy assume that when the they say "do it," everyone responds. **