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Hold your horses! This is not another habit and routine type of blog post. This is a real–life, no–bones, survival–in–a–time–of–pandemic, necessary post if you’re serious about becoming the best version of yourself while leading an entire school community who is looking to you to have all the answers. It’s about finding not just work–life balance but finding […]
Hey there leader! Can I just say how proud I am of your ability to pivot when things get tough. Your willingness to figure it out and lift your community up during one of the hardest times we have ever lead is admirable. The most important factor? You never, ever give up. You’re taking action, […]
There’s a lot to pay attention to when it comes to school leadership. That’s the beauty and the beast of it. The beauty is that you are so needed for ideas, input, solving problems, topics of conversation, everything, etc. The beast? Well, the beast is that you are so needed for all of the above […]
As you’ve hopefully noticed by now, my leadership strategies aren’t just a “learn about leadership” kinda deal. It’s a “let’s actually build and launch your community into action THIS year” kinda deal. And while “learning” and “doing” are closely related, there’s one ingredient that must be added to the mix to create the magic. Commitment. […]
Overwhelm and problems can take down the best of us… if we let it. As leaders, we are often found being the ‘go to’ for all types of things. The ‘go to’ for help or support. The ‘go to’ for questions. The ‘go to’ to receive confirmation or accolades. The ‘go to’ as the source […]
A colleague isn’t quite contributing like you want them to or perhaps you feel like they are interrupting you or undermining you. Every time you offer an idea, the resounding ‘yeah but’ or ‘no, that won’t work’ echoes a response. Someone throws you some serious shade every time you walk into work or your home. […]
Have you ever stood in front of your community and stared out into the abyss of empty stares, silent head nods, smiles, tired faces, only to land on that one person who has their hands folded, glaring at you. You know that person is not digging what you are saying, have no intention of moving, […]
You are here. You are in this moment. You are the leader of this school or this business. You fought to be here and you did everything you could to stand out from the crowd and to make decisions that were best for your community. Now you have been thrown a huge mountain and you […]
Late night hustling….all day thinking….endless searching for the next topic…all to ensure that your professional learning meetings or staff meetings are filled with value. Does this sound familiar? I know that my days were filled with a lot of this. I was doing all of the work! The crazy thing was that I wasn’t the […]
Pandemic? That definitely puts a wrench into our plans as leaders to have the best year yet! Or does it? Do we have to make this really hard thing even harder by wallowing or staying in the endless abyss of unknowns? Or can we start to climb? What if we start to take one step […]
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