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Your Final Staff Meeting

"This year is bound to be easier." This was my thinking at the start of the school year. I imagine I also believed we'd somehow have...

A Reflective Walk to Process the School Year

"What do I even say?" This was one of many questions I asked myself when trying to plan our final staff meeting of the school year....

A Different Way to Think About Learning Loss

It's hard to feel several strong emotions all at once. Excitement. Sadness. Optimism. Regret. Maybe this is why I've cried more this year...

A Leadership Lesson in Every Story

The leaders in a school cannot do it all. We can accomplish what matters most when we work together. I stopped by an automobile shop...

The Importance of Leadership and Management

I recently had the chance to sit down with George Couros to talk about the intersection of leadership and management on "The Innovator's...

3 Leadership Instincts that could Fail You

Many people are reeling right now. And when I say, "reeling" what I really mean is struggling, crying, and trying to persevere through...

Rearranging the Room

An interesting thing happens when there are chairs in a room. People tend to sit in them. When all the seats are taken (or there aren't...

The Thing about Influence

Speed-limit signs are not suggestions. Of course, there are still people who drive much faster or slower than posted speeds. On the other...

Leading from the Fog

I'm an avid game player. Always have been. When I was growing up, my parents worried that I took board games too seriously. I can't...

How Much Leadership is Enough?

I was working on a project outside this weekend and had to chuckle to myself about the leadership that's been required from educators...

BRAD GUSTAFSON