The Opposing Forces of Organizational Behavior and Culture
MSAA Professional Development Workshop for Principals, Assistant Principals, Special Education Leaders, School Leaders, and Evaluation Team Leaders |
The Opposing Forces of Organizational Behavior and Culture |
Peter Drucker said, “Culture eats strategy for breakfast”. Yet, most leaders spend their time developing well-thought-out goals and strategies and fail to realize a culture that is toxic, lacking trust, and unhealthy will squash the best-developed and well-intentioned goals and strategies in their tracks. Before presenting new goals and strategies in an organization, a leader should assess the health of their culture. What changes must they make to create a culture ready to support new initiatives? Do you have the right people in the right positions? Is it the right time, or do you need to spend time developing our culture? If you are a school committee member or on a board of any organization, you may be eager to implement new goals, but you could be missing a vital element that will lead to successful outcomes. We can't plant healthy seeds in toxic soil that lack nutrients or are overused. They just won't grow. |
Participants will develop an understanding of: · How people interact as individuals and within groups · The two opposing forces that keep an organization from successfully implementing new initiatives · Predicting how employees respond to various changes, actions, and decisions · Evaluating how their community responds to anger · Evaluating how their leaders respond and control their emotions · Self-evaluating: Are you perpetuating anger by not taking the right actions? · How leaders’ model desired behaviors by consistently embodying them in all their actions and responsibilities |
When: Thursday, March 12, 2026, from 8:30 am to 11:30 am |
Delivery Method: In-Person Workshop |
Location: The MSAA Office, 33 Forge Parkway, Franklin, MA |
Presenter: Patric Barbieri, Seaside Educational Consultants |
PD Hours: 3 in Content Area Safe and Supportive Learning Environments |
Fees: Member $150 / Non-Member $205 |
MSAA Contact: Ethel Kawesa, ekawesa@msaa.net |
Patric Barbieri | Seaside Educational Consultants Patric has been in the field of special education for 31 years, working in myriad roles including special needs teacher, educational coordinator, and program director. He has been the executive director of LABBB Collaborative for the past 15 years. His strength is in developing specialized programs for students with special needs from pre-school through high school. He has also developed a college program in collaboration with Middlesex Community College for students with disabilities who attend LABBB. Patric is a frequent speaker for the Massachusetts Partnership for Youth, teaching both Mindfulness workshops, and a new perspective for those struggling with anxiety, which he calls, “Positive Anxiety.” He also teaches workshops on how to develop a mindful culture in schools and organizations both for students and staff. He has been practicing mindfulness for 35 years |
