This season's roundtable discussion featuring podcast host Dr. Grant Chandler and his season four guests, Penny Brockway and Katherin Mohney, begins with a great conversation thinking about the theoretical construct we call "Accomplishment-Driven Leadership." Having explored this concept in season 3, we'll spend season 4 talking about the paradigm shifts we make on our journey to be Accomplishment-Driven Leaders.

Let's first take a look at that definition:

Accomplishment-Driven Leaders (Chandler 2022) understand how to steer a district, building or classroom closer to its strategic vision. They embrace the responsibility of expecting and ensuring adult-capacity building in all professional areas aligned to student need, student learning growth, and the desired destination itself. They understand and value the complexity of the learning journey not only for themselves but for those in their charge as they appreciate its impact on their ability to prove to each student that they are distinctive & irreplaceable.

The Arenas of ADL are a powerful set of competencies that Accomplishment-Driven Leaders need to nurture and grow those within their charge, and steer them collectively to the desired destination. Accomplishment-Driven leaders use these arenas as they navigate a path forward that will take courage and leadership the likes of which we haven’t seen before at the levels of expertise we need to get us there.

Accomplishment-driven leaders understand how adults learn and grow. They utilize The Leader’s Compass, the metacognitive growth model for building capacity in themselves and in others.