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Jun 10, 2022
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...
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Jun 9, 2021
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....
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May 20, 2021
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...
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Apr 29, 2021
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...
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Mar 7, 2021
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...
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Jan 21, 2021
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...
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Nov 24, 2020
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...
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Oct 30, 2020
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...
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Sep 30, 2020
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...
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Sep 15, 2020
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...
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