Imagine climbing a mountain your whole life only to make it 2/3 of the way up at the age of 70. You look up and notice...
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When the Wind Blows
When the wind blows, like really blows, and you’re in a boat, you have two options – go back in or head out away land. Option...
Continue reading...When Holding Back is a Mistake
Sometimes it’s timidity, sometimes fear. Occasionally it’s lack of skill, and usually it’s just trying to be nice – trying to maintain relationships. Because relationships matter,...
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This is a limited seating professional learning opportunity. It’s a Masterclass from Principals’ Seminar featuring authors, superintendents, and educational leaders TJ Vari and Joseph Jones. You...
Continue reading...With Feedback, Less is More
As with most things, less is more. This is especially true with communication, but not less quantity of communication (redundancy is good). Less words is more...
Continue reading...Landscape Scale Crisis
We’ve lived and worked in a landscape scale crisis – COVID 19. No matter where you are in Earth, you’ve been affected. Shutdowns, disinformation, threat of...
Continue reading...3 Simple Questions For Returning Staff
Yes, there are unprecedented changes that your school may not be ready for. However, there are also simple leadership moves you can take to lead during...
Continue reading...Change is a Product of Work
“Culture does not change because we desire to change it. Culture changes when the organization is transformed – the culture reflects the realities of people working...
Continue reading...Identity-Based Decision-Making
Often we contemplate our decisions based on benefits and costs. It’s a practical methodology. But it’s not the only way to make decisions. Another way is...
Continue reading...Environment Feeds The Change
Before March 2020, when we sought to create change, we would consider tweaking the environment to create the change. Environment feeds the change. But now, the...
Continue reading...Going Against the Tide
I just returned from three days of offshore sailing. Among the many lessons learned, this lesson is for leaders, and it’s about going against the tide....
Continue reading...For Those Who Dig Deeper
You find time to meet with one more person. You find the energy to write one more blog post. You do the things that fall outside...
Continue reading...Management Before Leadership
Cults have leaders. Gangs have leaders. Dictatorships have leaders. Leaders wield influence, power, or other forms of socio-psychological leverage to achieve objectives. To be clear, leadership...
Continue reading...3 Lenses to Build Self-Awareness
Daniel Goleman, in his ground-breaking book*, showed us three lenses or perspectives to consider when increasing self-awareness: Emotional Self-Awareness: Labeling one’s own emotions and measuring their...
Continue reading...Circles of Influence and Concern
There are ideas, processes, and people that are within your circle of influence. Those are deserving of your time and energy. Then there are those ideas,...
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