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Checklists and Templates for Online Meetings
Pre-meeting checklist for the facilitator Here are a few things I think about from a process point-of-view prior to starting a meeting: Have I created a Zoom room for this meeting that I can reuse in my Zoom account? Alternatively, you can integrate Zoom with your...
Tips for leading online learning
Better Leaders Better Schools is run almost entirely online for our community’s mastermind meetings, working with leaders 1:1, running webinars, recording podcasts, and writing. Here is what I’ve learned over the past 5 years and I hope that it helps you...
What does an effective school look like?
Many leaders scour the internet for the roadmap. There is no roadmap. So instead of giving you the answer (and how to score an “A” on the test), what I can do is provide a framework for building an amazing school. Frameworks are better than scripted answers because...
A good deal
When I am entertaining where to invest I look at value and impact. Like you, I also consider the cost. The problem with most conferences: too many sessions, very little implementation. Can you relate? 60 sessions over 2-days and I feel like I’ve been in a whirlwind....
Disrupt yourself
I retold this great story from David Foster Wallace before: “There are these two young fish swimming along and they happen to meet an older fish swimming the other way, who nods at them and says, ‘Morning boys. How’s the water?’ And these two young fish swim on a bit,...
David Rendall: Finding the Strength in Every Student
David Rendall has made it his life’s mission to be hilarious and helpful. He’s a standup comedian with a doctorate in management. A class clown-turned- leadership professor who went from disrupting classes to teaching classes to disrupt companies and conferences...
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...
