Category Archives: Leadership

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 →

Share the love. REPOSTING THIS OFFERING IS AN ANNUAL, THANKSGIVING TRADITION. I HOPE YOU ENJOY IT. I am often amazed at the amount of effort it takes to keep a school up-and-running. When I consider it, I am in awe … Continue reading →

It is my sincere wish that you have many, many things in your life for which you are thankful. As we gather next week for Thanksgiving in the United States, our thoughts, hopefully, turn to those things for which we … Continue reading →

The closer I got to the group setting up, the more I could sense something was wrong. The tension was noticeable. In a position I held many years ago, I was walking outside across the quad of the school on … Continue reading →

… genuine leaders recognize that they cannot have all the answers, nor should they try to. Leaders often assume responsibility not only for the success of their leadership initiatives but also for the emotional well-being of those they lead. While … Continue reading →

There is rarely a car on fire in the parking lot. The many pressures on educators and educational leaders are significant. The nature of our work carries with it expectations for results and those results are reviewed, tested, critiqued, and … Continue reading →

There is a reason – and it is a bad one – that the old adage “the squeaky wheel gets the grease” is shared with such regularity: that reason is because the adage is true. A few years ago, I … Continue reading →

In terms of the professional world, no occupation re-writes its jargon with such wild abandon as education. I do not mean adds to its jargon, by-the-way. I mean changes it, reformulates it, restructures it. Though I do not know how … Continue reading →