What are you planning to learn this year?

This post is a revised version of the Dec 22/11 post - with a view to the future....

As a leader, what are you planning to learn this year?

Michael Fullan (2008) reminds us that "Learning is the work."  As leaders, we aren't effective if we aren't learning - just as we want our staff members to be learning.  So....what are you planning to learn this year?  What will be your learnings as a leader this year?  You'll likely need to take a bit of time to think about it.  You'll probably have to reflect on what you might want to change. 

In order to identify what your leader learning could be for this new year, you might want to use some of these questions to prompt your thinking:

• What went well last year?
• What didn't go so well last year?
• If I were to do something from last year over again, what might I do differently?
• What would I not change in my leader practices for this year?  Why?
• Of my leader practices, which do I feel are really solid?
• Of my leader practices, which need some attention?
• As a leader, am I accomplishing the things I want to accomplish?  If yes, why?  If no, why not?
• As a leader, what knowledge do I still wish to gain? 
• As a leader, what skills do I still wish to gain?