Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 17 1000 Reasons Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. In the last installment of Superheroic Leadership, I wrote about Superman and the classic story “For the Man Who Has Everything.” Perhaps I should…
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Teach & Serve III, No. 35 – The Library
Teach & Serve III, No. 35 – The Library April 11, 2018 This week is National Library Week and provides an excellent occasion to revisit a past blog… Our libraries may need to adapt and change. But let us be a bit careful. Batman made me read. This is likely a true statement. I use the…
EduQuote of the Week: April 9 – 15, 2018
Library Week Perhaps no place in any community is so totally democratic as the town library. The only entrance requirement is interest. – Lady Bird Johnson
EduQuote of the Week: April 2 – 8, 2018
Golden Rule Week In nearly every religion I am aware of, there is a variation of the golden rule. And even for the non-religious, it is a tenet of people who believe in humanistic principles. – Hillary Clinton
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 16 – Who Has Everything
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 16 Who Has Everything Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. What do you give Superman for his birthday? Is he not the quintessential “man who has everything?” This was the premise of the…
Teach & Serve III, No. 33 – Move the Chairs
Teach & Serve III, No. 33 – Move the Chairs March 28, 2018 I believe that if we, as leaders, are unwilling to move the chairs, if we somehow think the task beneath us or that we are more important than the work, then we are not effective leaders. I believe we are not even…
EduQuote of the Week: March 26 – April 1, 2018
National Cleaning Week Cleaning your house while your kids are still growing up is like shoveling the walk before it stops snowing. – Phyllis Diller
Teach & Serve III, No. 32 – Settle In; Don’t Settle For
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…
EduQuote of the Week: March 19 – 25, 2018
Shakespeare Week He breathed upon dead bodies and brought them into life. Nor sequent centuries could hit Orbit and sum of Shakespeare’s wit. – Ralph Waldo Emerson
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…