Jun 10, 2022Your 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...
Jun 9, 2021A 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....
Apr 29, 2021A Leadership Lesson in Every StoryThe leaders in a school cannot do it all. We can accomplish what matters most when we work together. I stopped by an automobile shop...
Mar 7, 2021The 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...
Jan 21, 20213 Leadership Instincts that could Fail YouMany people are reeling right now. And when I say, "reeling" what I really mean is struggling, crying, and trying to persevere through...
Nov 24, 2020Rearranging the RoomAn 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...
Oct 30, 2020The Thing about InfluenceSpeed-limit signs are not suggestions. Of course, there are still people who drive much faster or slower than posted speeds. On the other...
Sep 30, 2020Leading from the FogI'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...
Sep 15, 2020How 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...
Aug 26, 2020Trust, Feedback, and GrowthLeaders rely on accurate information to inform their decisions. It's no different than driving. When we glance down at the gas gauge we...