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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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 […]
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…) […]
Starting Up and Shutting Down Your Day With Three “Survival-In-A-Time of a Pandemic” Habits
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 […]
I Promise…
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. […]
Community Members Who are Resistant To Change
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, […]
The 5 Leadership Questions I Get Asked All the Time…
As I move through my leadership journey, I have started to get a lot better at the art of noticing. I notice and reflect on my journey each day and it is incredible what I learn from noticing the patterns of trends of the conversations that I have. Particularly, I started to pay attention to […]