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The Double Edged Sword of Learning….And Implementing
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Dealing With Conflict or Hard Conversations
It’s 3:oo pm on a Friday and you are thinking that it was a great week. You are finishing up to go home and you check your email one more time. You see one particular email with a subject line that screams frustration or problems. Your heart sinks. You know you shouldn’t open it until […]
Leading Through Teaching Actions
Good teaching is good teaching. No matter what language or subject you are teaching in, good teaching that engages, inspires and motives the learner will prevail. The teaching and leading actions stay the same, the only thing that changes is the outcome or subject. The same goes for leaders in schools. They are teachers too […]
Ways To Build Trust, Relationships, and Support Teachers
Research shows the key to leadership and success is through relationships and building trust with your community. I have heard it over and over again through my mentors, my research, my own work and success, and through colleagues. It’s important and it matters. But the common thread that keeps coming up, is that it is […]
Determining Your Big Rocks – What is Important and What Is Not…
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Communicating With a Purpose and To the Point
“Keep it simple and keep it to the point.” I thought to myself many times, as I created presentations, wrote emails, prepared speeches, etc. Except that I didn’t….I always felt this panic rising in my gut that told me if I didn’t get all of the information out there then people wouldn’t understand. I told […]
The Nerve To Lead
“It takes more than talent. It takes a kind of nerve . . . a kind of nerve, and a lot of hard, hard work.” —Georgia O’Keeffe Should I take this leap of faith rather than staying put? What if this opportunity is the one that I should not pass up? It isn’t the right time for […]
If I Had a Magic Wand to Solve Any Problem, I Would…
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Even If You Miss..... 