If you have been hanging out with me for awhile, then you know my keys to leadership are developing a step by step system, having a plan to launch your messaging so that your teacher community takes action to get results they want, and scheduling it into your calendar so that it actually happens. If […]
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A Backstage Pass to Move From Transactional to Transformational and Instructional in School Leadership
Hard decisions become a part of the job description, let’s be honest. However, hard decisions have to come with a backstage pass to tell the story behind the your decision. In this post, we are going to get real familiar with hard decisions that leaders have to make by taking a backstage pass tour of […]
The Storms of Change
I’ve been doing a lot of research and soul searching lately in regards to being a leader. My passion is leadership. Leadership that engages people to want to take action. This passion to engage my community, family, friends, staff, etc. has lead me down some serious rabbit holes. However, the most common trend that comes […]
Momentum
Momentum. Great how do I build that as a leader? How do I use my vision to inspire my community to engage and take action? Where will I find the time for that? Maybe tomorrow I will build momentum and figure this visioning thing all out. Visioning? I have some kind of an idea about […]
Your Year
Happy new year! 2021, we are coming for you. You will not take us down like 2020 did. This is our year to learn from what we just went through and realize the importance of connection and face to face engagement. This is our year to start to make things happen and it all starts […]
My Three Biggest Mistakes in Leadership…And What I Did About Them
We are humans. We make mistakes. We fall. We get back up. The getting back up, that is where the magic happens. Do we get back up and try it again or quit and pivot completely, starting from scratch all over again. Now, if you have been reading my blogs or following me for awhile, […]
How to Make a Transition From Doing It All and Getting Nowhere – To Delegating, Engagement, and Promoting Solution-Based Thinking (oh and Save Your Sanity)
I am going to start with some tough love my friends and I am going to give it to you straight. Consistent productivity, engagement, and results are determined by your commitment. Bottom line. If you are not committed, than these things just simply will stay in the shallow. However, this commitment isn’t what you think […]
5 Actions To Develop a System In Life And At Work
Being a human is tricky. Juggling it all with grace, patience, and knowing that it is all going to have a similar pattern and work out, is a super power. The thing is, we all want that, but we fight it. We tend to run away from the hard stuff because it is too painful. […]
The Leadership Edit
If you don’t already know this from my posts on social media, I am obsessed with my word for the year….clarity. I have been searching for clarity and making it a priority to have a clear plan with actions for all areas of my life. I mean ALL the nooks and crannies of my world […]
Building a Community of Productive Struggle
“The struggle is real!” I am sure we have all heard this before. But all too often it isn’t accompanied with what actions we can take to embrace the struggle. Don’t worry, I got you covered so stick with me on this one! As I sat with a group of administrators at a table (pre-covid…) […]