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…
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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…
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…
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,…
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…
Teach & Serve III, No. 22 – Get Real
Teach & Serve III, No. 22 – Get Real January 10, 2018 Our students want us to be real. They want us to connect with them in real ways. They want to understand what application any and everything we are teaching them has on their real lives. Our staffs want us to be real. They want us…
Teach & Serve III, No. 20 – TRANSPARENCY #oneword2018
Teach & Serve III, No. 21 – TRANSPARENCY #oneword2018 January 3, 2018 Leaders who operate from a perspective of transparency take the guesswork out of followership and take the guess work out of who they are… It is easy to know who a transparent leader is. She is not hiding anything. I love the concept of…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 9 – Jedi Hubris
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 9 Jedi Hubris Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. I know more than I want to know about The Last Jedi. When you run in the circles in which I run, information about…
Superheroic Leadership Vol. 1 No. 6 – Leading from Your Gut
Superheroic Leadership Vol. I * No. 6 Leading from Your Gut Superheroic Leadership is a light-hearted examination of what superheroic figures have to teach about leadership and what I have learned from their adventures. The recent reboot of Star Trek (not Star Trek Discovery, but the JJ Abrams produced films) has dived fans. Some embraced it,…