Teach & Serve III, No. 32 – Settle In; Don’t Settle For March 21, 2018 One of the best parts of this work is the cyclic nature of it. We simply must guard against giving in to the troughs in that cycle. We must remember the peaks are coming. We must never settle for. I…
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Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 15 – You Will Return
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 15 You Will Return Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. Inevitably in our leadership journeys, we face setbacks. When we put our weight and our capital behind decisions or programs or choices and…
Teach & Serve III, No. 31 – Union. Now.
Teach & Serve III, No. 31 – Union. Now. March 14, 2018 I welcome any chance to have dialogue among constituents at the school. I welcome every opportunity to discuss our shared work. I welcome all who wish to make the school a better place. This is not a post suggesting that all faculties and…
Teach & Serve III, No. 30 – Leading from Fear
Teach & Serve III, No. 30 – Leading from Fear March 7, 2018 When we find ourselves responding too frequently from a place of fear, perhaps our most effective window as leaders has closed. There are good places from which to lead, good places of the heart and the soul. I am a better leader…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 14 – X Marks the Spot
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 14 X Marks the Spot Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. When they were first created by Stan Lee and Jack Kirby, the X-Men were intended to do one thing: sell comic books….
Teach & Serve III, No. 29 – The Dream Business
Teach & Serve III, No. 29 – The Dream Business February 28, 2018 The Dream Business. That is an exciting business in which to work. That is an exciting vocation to have. And enabling dreamers around us is part of what we do. Dreams. It is about dreams I wish to ruminate for a few…
Teach & Serve III, No. 28 – Followership
Teach & Serve III, No. 28 – Followership February 21, 2018 … how do we, as educational leaders, respond when those above us in the food chain make mistakes, missteps or errors? How do we react when they are not their best selves or when they handle us and situations in a manner we neither understand…
Teach & Serve III, No. 27 – Love the Work. LOVE IT!
Teach & Serve III, No. 27 – Love the Work. LOVE IT! February 14, 2018 So we better love it. We better love the work. We better love the kids. We better love the hours, and the stress and the cafeteria duty and the dances and the grading, and… This week, I am in my second…
Teach & Serve III, No. 26 – When Leadership Lets Us Down
Teach & Serve III, No. 26 – When Leadership Lets Us Down February 7, 2018 What happens when we find that we have – in good faith – done all we can to eliminate issues, to find middle ground, to offer constructive approaches, to build and become bridges? What do we do when our leadership is…
Teach & Serve III, No. 25 – Education: Our Family Business
Teach & Serve III, No. 25 – Education: Our Family Business January 31, 2018 If you ask me what our family business is, I would have to say “teaching.” And what a wonderful business it is. Today is my younger sister’s birthday. In the past, I have called her my “little sister” but, as we are…