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…
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EduQuote of the Week: February 5 – 11, 2018
African Heritage Week Strange, is it not, my brothers, how often in America those great watchwords of human energy – ‘Be strong!’ ‘Know thyself!’ ‘Hitch your wagon to a star!’ – how often these die away into dim whispers when we face these seething millions of black men? And yet do they not belong to…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 12 – The Roots of Steel
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 12 The Roots of Steel Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. Superman is one of the most famous fictional characters of all time. I did a little research (on the internet, so it…
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…
EduQuote of the Week: January 29 – February 4, 2018
Catholic Schools Week Catholic schools prepare every student to meet the challenges of their future by developing their mind, yes, but also their body and their soul and spirit. – David Vitter
Teach & Serve III, No. 24 – Support
Teach & Serve III, No. 24 – Support January 24, 2018 And, from that point on, all he did was support his understudy. He did not sulk. He did not pout. He did not complain. I am not a college football fan. Growing up, I was (and remain) a devoted follower of the Denver Broncos and,…
EduQuote of the Week: January 22 – 28, 2018
Clean Your Inbox Week You should hit inbox zero every week. Every day is even better. – Unknown
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 11 – Spock Knows His Ship
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 11 Spock Know His Ship Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. Today would have been my father’s birthday. He was not a huge science fiction fan, but, much like the Spock I write…
Teach & Serve III, No. 23 – I Hear You
Teach & Serve III, No. 23 – I Hear You January 17, 2018 Anyone with a well-developed auditory sense can listen. Leaders who want to serve the people with whom they work must hear. In recent weeks, I have had the opportunity to discuss myself and my leadership in detailed and reflective ways, asked questions by…
EduQuote of the Week: January 15 – 21, 2018
MLK Day 2018 Injustice anywhere is a threat to justice everywhere. We are caught in an inescapable network of mutuality, tied in a single garment of destiny. Whatever affects one directly, affects all indirectly. – Dr. Martin Luther King, jr