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Is your school leadership style getting you poor results? Use the 5 levers of school leadership most principals don’t realize are available

October 7, 2021

Whether you are a novice searching for your school leadership style or a veteran needing a tune-up this year, this post is for you. There are many things you can…

The bullies better watch out

July 3, 2020

We’ll have traumatized students and staff when we return to school. We’ve been through a pandemic and paid a heavy price. Of course, we should care and be sensitive to…

Using Empathy to Build Something Great

June 19, 2020

A few weeks ago, I wrote this post on how to attract great teachers. After you read today’s post, click back to what I just linked because you’ll want to…

Attracting great teachers

June 2, 2020

One way to attract great teachers is to think about what they want in a school. I’m currently reading Business Model Generation in a mastermind I lead for edupreneurs. There…

10 things every new principal should know

May 21, 2020

Be yourself Some of my biggest mistakes were made because I was being inauthentic to who I truly was. It’s good to emulate your heroes, but at some point you…

Resilient leaders bounce back from setbacks. They make mistakes, but their mistakes don’t define them. These kinds of leaders use powerful mirror moments. Epictetus notes in his book, Discourses: Let…

Your strengths

May 18, 2020

Some people say you should ignore your weaknesses and develop your strengths. As a leader, that makes sense. Know where your weaknesses exist and then hire people that can do…

Was it a good day?

May 8, 2020

I journal every morning and ask the same questions. It takes about 5-10 minutes of my time – a worthwhile investment I’ve taught this process to many leaders and even created…

9 ways to ruin your emotional intelligence if you’re a school principal on lockdown

May 7, 2020

“Your EQ is the foundation for a host of critical skills — it impacts most everything you say and do each day. EQ is so critical to success that it…

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Is your school leadership style getting you poor results? Use the 5 levers of school leadership most principals don’t realize are available

The bullies better watch out

Using Empathy to Build Something Great

Attracting great teachers

10 things every new principal should know

Building resilient leaders

Your strengths

Was it a good day?

9 ways to ruin your emotional intelligence if you’re a school principal on lockdown

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