Article Summary- Leadership

Summary
The article that I read was called The Potential of Story in Leadership and was written by Sarah Nonoon. The article was about an alternative high school that had a lot of communication problems between the staff. It said that during their meetings there would often be a lot of yelling, people not talking to each other, or people not even showing up. This was inhibiting them of having a productive meeting and the director often had to make all the decisions. Sarah Nonoon went to one meeting to try and make the staff back to how it was a couple of year ago and make this school as successful as ever.
Impact
This is important because the students at this school should get the best teachers they can have, and since the meetings weren’t going so well before, they really needed someone to step up and fix this. The author, I think, was the leader in this story. She talks about putting your past behind you and just working now. She also talks about how important it is to be an effective listener. I think that the author is trying to reach other teachers so that if they are in the same position as these teachers, they can figure out how to fix it too. I think that this will affect anyone who is working. Because in almost every workplace, you will find conflict and whether or not it affects how you work, it is still important to resolve those conflicts. A lot of people work, and even if you don’t, you can use the information she tells you in every aspect of life. This article is about leadership because she really stepped up to help this school. Also every teacher at this school stepped up to because they realized that they want to change the way the school is running now.
Opinion of Article
I think that what Sarah Nonoon did was very good. She didn’t work with the school, but still she cared about it and wanted it to run smoothly. She worked with the faculty, even though it took a lot of time, to resolve differences and teach them good communication skills. She didn’t have to do this, but obviously the staff and teachers weren’t going to step up. I think that Sarah Nonoon, from what I can tell, is a very good leader.

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