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A little help from my friends
This Jim Rohn quote is everywhere, “You are the average of the five people you spend the most time with.” The quote changed my life. Because of it, I built Better Leaders Better Schools. That quote is why I joined the Iron Sharpens Iron mastermind. The Rohn quote is...
School Vision: Blue Oceans & Schools
I've been reading Blue Ocean Strategy with a group of "edupreneurs" recently in our mastermind. A red ocean represents a crowded space filled with sharks. The idea behind a blue ocean is that you create a category where you're the only one in the ocean. Think: Cirque...
Your Path
Joseph Campbell wrote, “If you can see your path laid out in front of you step by step, you know it’s not your path. Your own path you make with every step you take. That’s why it’s your path.” In leadership, it doesn't help to be someone else, even if you're trying...
My February 2020 Results
Four months ago I started writing to update the BLBS tribe on my monthly results. You can read the October 2019 post here. You can read the November 2019 post here. You can read the December 2019 post here. You can read the January 2020 post here. The reason I have...
Robert Schaefer: The Secret to School Success is Emotion
Robert Schaefer, Ph.D., Vice President of Client Services, has been with Steinbrecher And Associates, Inc. since 2005 as an Organizational Development (OD) consultant, executive coach, leadership development expert, statistical analyst, research scholar, workshop...
Living Overseas
I’ve lived overseas for the last 3-years. I cannot begin to explain that entire experience in a blog post, but I can say it’s been a wonderful cultural experience. One thing you notice as an expat: the way you grew up “doing things” isn’t the only way of doing that...
It’s too expensive, my district won’t pay for it, and other financial constraints
At Better Leaders Better Schools, we offer high-quality educational leadership training. “The mastermind” is a leadership community specifically designed for school administrators.
Cale Birk: Observable Impact
Cale Birk is a District Principal of Innovation in British Columbia, co-author and imagineer of "PLC 2.0 - Collaborating for Impact in Today's Schools", "The PLC 2.0 Toolkit" and "Changing Change Using Learner-Centered Design". As a former Principal of a model...
Fishbowls and leadership
Being a fish is a hard existence. Living in a fishbowl offers no privacy. People peer into your world unless the lights are out. Fishbowls also work in leadership. To inspire massive change, influence the biggest fish, not all the fish. We used this strategy at Brooks...
