There was a teacher early in my administrative career who didn’t want to be in my building. He had been forced to transfer to the…
Leading on the #RoadToAwesome
Leading on the #RoadToAwesome
There was a teacher early in my administrative career who didn’t want to be in my building. He had been forced to transfer to the…
Every leader knows how to build a plan. We set goals.We identify priorities.We map out what we want to accomplish in the year ahead. And…
Earlier today, I walked into a school I support and could feel it almost immediately. The energy was different. Nothing major had happened. There wasn’t…
I had a conversation with a leader today that stuck with me. She shared that she had been putting off a conversation with one of…
I’ve had the same conversation with multiple school leaders over the past few weeks. They’re excited about next year. They’ve got a vision. They’re thinking…
A few years ago, I sat in a room with my leadership team during a retreat. And there was a word that kept surfacing in…
I remember sitting in leadership team meetings early in my time working under a superintendent who, quite honestly, operated on a different level than the…
This week in Orlando, I had the opportunity to work with school leaders on a challenge that almost every organization faces but few address intentionally:…
Later this week I’ll be speaking to a room full of school leaders about a topic that doesn’t get nearly enough attention: leadership teams. Most…
When Steve Jobs returned to Apple in 1997, the company was on the brink. It wasn’t that Apple lacked talent. It wasn’t that their people…