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January 2021 Results
For the past two years, I've been doing a monthly post on my dashboard results. This will be my last dashboard post. I find more value in reflecting on my OKRs each quarter. That post tends to be more expansive. I find it to be a better tool because it combines...
What running taught me about building leadership capacity
I took up running 5 years ago. I had given running a few “passing thoughts” in 2011, when I signed up for a 5K with a mom’s group, but didn’t make running a habit until 2016. I only ran up to the 5K distance for the first 4-5 months. Then, I added miles in order to...
Emily Alexander: Building true diversity in school
Emily Alexander is a Partner at Thomas, Alexander, Forrester & Sorensen LLP, a law firm in Venice, CA. She also has served as the Board Chair at New Roads School for the last 6 years. New Roads is an independent school in Los Angeles dedicated to authentic...
Dave Burgess: 3 Podcast Takeaways
[to listen to the podcast that inspired this post click here] Sometimes, you’ve just gotta be a ruckus-maker! When Dave Burgess set out to write his first book, Teach Like a Pirate, he quickly ran into some barriers put in place by publishing companies that wanted...
The Most Important Leadership Hat: Self Efficacy in Education.
As leaders, the demands on our time are always present and simply demanding. We are pushed, pulled, and sometimes even dragged into situations that we wish, at times, also contained a secret escape hatch. On other occasions, we are like the White Rabbit from...
Four Strategies for School Principals Coping with Stress
2020 has been the most challenging year yet in education. Whether it be from the yo-yo-ing of going from in-person to remote, and back to in-person due to quarantines and school closures among rising COVID numbers in your community, you have undoubtedly felt...
School Leader Case Study: Colin Hogan
Head of School @ Learning Community Charter School “Things are better today, because of you.” Tell us what you do and what your work typically entails I serve as the principal and chief school administrator of the most diverse school in New Jersey. I oversee...
Improve Feedback By Avoiding These 7 Traps
Joseph Jones and TJ Vari of The Schoolhouse 302 are experts when it comes to improving your feedback. In fact, they wrote the book on it! Fortunately for leaders looking to improve giving feedback, Joe and TJ are now offering a masterclass on this topic. The short...
Rick Kitagawa and Lisa Lambert: Creating trust in organizations
Would you start a business with someone you’ve only met in person once and talked to for about 5 minutes? Spotlight Trust co-founders Lisa Lambert of Rule Number Six and Rick Kitagawa of Kaiju Coaching did. That’s the power of trust. Lisa and Rick first met while...
