Trust, Creativity, Accomplishments, Vision: The Four Pillars of Success

The four pillars of leadership and social influence are:

1. Building trust
2. Encouraging creativity
3. Recognizing accomplishments
4. Inspiring a collective vision.

In order to be a successful leader and have social influence, one must be able to demonstrate these qualities. For example, someone who is creative can come up with new ideas that will help those around them grow; someone who has accomplished a lot can show others what they can do if they work hard enough; someone who inspires others to work together on a common goal is an excellent leader with social influence.

For leaders to have social influence in their community, it is important for them to be trustworthy so that people are willing to follow their lead. Creativity is also important because it can help the community grow their skills, explore new ideas and develop new technologies.

This week I’m sharing reflections from leaders on their journey with leadership and social influence. You'll hear from Superintendent Jerry Almendarez, Zandra Jo Galvan, Superintendent of Greenfield Union School District, Tony Richardson, Vice Principal of the MLK Steam Academy, Associate Professor and Online Accessibility Mentor Denise Maduli-Williams, Jeff Prickett, who was named 2021 Illinois High School Principal of the Year, and Tom Murray, Director of Innovation for Future Ready Schools.

0:00 Introduction
0:55 Sabba's discovery of the possibilities of online learning and teaching
4:31 Jerry's take on the relationship betwenn leadership and social influence
6:14 The importance of online presence for professional development
8:01 Zandra's take on the importance of being part of an online circle for support
10:12 The four pillars of the relationship between leadership and social influence
10:49 Jerry's experience using social influence as a leader and how it created opportunities for those around him
13:41 How leadership and social influence can also be important for people without formal titles
16:41 Tony's experience using social media to restore trust and heal teacher trauma
18:42 Denise's experience using social influence to nurture the relationship with her students
22:51 Jeff's take on how relationships (both online and offline) can work as foundations to building trust
24:26 Zandra's framework to balacing time between work, family and social media
29:39 Tom's take on how leaders can inspire a collective vision toward change through humility and vulnerability
34:17 Sabba's workshop announcement

Leading Teams That Work Better Together Workshop: https://designingschools.org/workshops

Connect with Jerry Almendarez:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jerry-almendarez-916437b1/

Connect with Zandra Jo Galvan:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/zandra-jo-galvan-99b95172/

Connect with Tony Richardson:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/tonyrchrdsn

Connect with Denise Maduli-Williams:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dmaduliwilliams/

Connect with Jeff Prickett:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffryprickett/

Connect with Tom Murray:
Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomascmurray/

Connect with me, Dr. Sabba Quidwai:

Website: https://designingschools.org/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sabba-quidwai/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/askMsQ
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/designing_schools/