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Building Trust – Delegate Results, Not Tasks

Building Trust – Delegate Results, Not Tasks

I was listening to the EntreLeadership Podcast, and in the episode with Stephen M. R. Covey, Stephen talks about a topic that I believe is so crucial in a school environment – Trust. He has a new book out – The SPEED of Trust: The One Thing That Changes Everything that I plan on reading […]

7 Steps to Avoid Staff Demoralization

7 Steps to Avoid Staff Demoralization

“Sanctioned Incompetence Demoralizes.” – John Maxwell I read this recently, and it caused me to think about my role as a school administrator. Again, as you know, I’m learning as much as I can as I journey toward school administration mastery, and the more I learn, the more it seems that my destination gets further […]

Start a Movement at Your School – Preach Your Vision

I just finished reading Simon Sinek’s book, Start with Why: How Great Leaders Inspire Everyone to Take Action, and although much of it has to do with how to effectively lead a business, I have found so many great lessons for school administrators. Again, as you know, I’m on my journey toward School Administration Mastery, […]

How to Create a Teacher Recognition Program that Really Works

How to Create a Teacher Recognition Program that Really Works

I’ve been in schools where they had Teacher of the Week awards, but the teachers were selected randomly. Teachers knew that they didn’t receive the award for anything that they were doing, but rather because they got lucky to have their name drawn that week. This kind of teacher recognition award is good, but not […]