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Tag: zero to hero
Decision Making When It All Stops At You
As a baby Principal, I was so excited to take on this role. I felt ready. I felt confident. I felt honored to be trusted with this position. It was all so exhilarating … until the decisions started to flood my day one after another. I wanted to make the right decision, and so I […]
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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Ways To Be More Visible To The Students
You’re toiling away in the office and you look up and you realize that it is almost time for the end of the day announcements. You think to yourself, “where did the time go?” Or you may even be thinking…”wow, this day lasted forever and I haven’t even made a dent in my to do […]
Some Ways I Am Prioritizing My Health, Which Lifts Up My Leadership
One thing I have realized very quickly as I grow older, is that how I feel in my skin and in my guts affects everything I do. The way we feel in our bodies affects how we show up in every aspect of our lives, whether it is relationship, career, parenthood, or friendships. It shifts […]
A Little Pep Talk
Photo of Jenna Kutcher’s new book
Reflections On A Year
Looking back to see how far you have come is so important so you can validate the work that you did and actually realize that the needle did move forward…even if it wasn’t a lot. Slow progress is still progress. If you don’t look back, then you miss a lot of the amazing work that […]
Even If You Miss..... 