Category Archives: Leadership

Ash Wednesday and Valentine’s Day are about intentionality. They are about relationship. Most importantly, they are about love. Today is Valentine’s Day. It is also Ash Wednesday.  Though this confluence of days is rare, it is not as rare as … Continue reading →

How the leader proceeds in the face of negativity and complaints says far more about the leader than the constituents. I recently had cause to reflect on something a good friend of mine said a few years ago: “When disagreeing, … Continue reading →

If what I am about to do is not constructive, I need to discard the thought. If what I am about to say only tears down with no possibility of building up, it is the wrong way to go.  When … Continue reading →

My father, who professed a dislike of school and who I never heard anyone call “teacher” was one of the greatest teachers I ever had. I have shared this post before but, as my father’s birthday is tomorrow and, for … Continue reading →

Arrogance and good leadership are… incompatible. The old adage “oil and water don’t mix” is demonstrably true. Head into your kitchen. Find some oil. Put the oil in a glass filled with water. See what happens. Go ahead. I will … Continue reading →

I start the year 2024 with the word EMBRACE. Over the course of the past five years or so, I have taken part in a movement among the educational community (and the community writ large, I am certain) to select … Continue reading →

Our work reaches beyond us. It reaches through time. It reaches into the future. EVERGREEN POST We do not get tired of good Christmas songs. Well, I do not, anyway. I look forward to their repetition each year. When beginning … Continue reading →

A colleague this week asked me if I could distill good leadership to one quality. Over the course of this first semester, I have had the opportunity to consider – deeply – what I believe are the core qualities that … Continue reading →

… there are other things that need tending to as we approach the end of the semester – … things that need to be done. How did it get this late in the semester? I suspect teachers all over the … Continue reading →

I believe we are too quick to ascribe intricate motives to what others do. As I write this, it is the week after the 60th anniversary of the assassination of President John F. Kennedy. With each anniversary of the event, … Continue reading →