Published on my Tumblr in 2013 The greatest thing I learned in my 25+ years in education was that people long to be taught something new, but the teacher and the method matters. There must be a level of rapport […]
Published in my Tumblr 2013 I’m forever amazed by humans. There’s good news and bad news in that statement and I promise I will try to stay on the good news side. Our very human tendency to protect ourselves at […]
Originally Published in my Tumblr 2011 I will never forget the day I took my very young son on Space Mountain. We sat in the very first car, in the very first seat. My son in front and me directly […]
Originally Published in my Tumblr 2011 I have this love/hate relationship with my Outlook. While there are counselors, self-help groups, online chat groups…wait…no no no…I’m not talking about my outlook, I’m talking about my Outlook as in I have an […]
Originally Published in my Tumblr 2011 We are connected. We’ve got text messaging, email, ultraviolet streaming, Facebook, Skype, Tumblr, word press, websites, more email, twitter, direct messaging… When you are dealing one on one with people put the tech away […]
Originally Published in my Tumblr 2011 While you can recognize the culture in most places, try changing it! Some would say it’s impossible. I don’t say that at all, but it does take a plan. Leadership is the primary tool […]
Originally published in my Tumblr account 2011 Spend ten minutes in any one place and you’ll get a pretty good idea about the institutional culture. If it’s a private institution it might take you less time, a public one may […]
Originally Published in my Tumblr 2011 Stagnant water stinks! So does stagnant leadership. Have you ever been someplace so long you sit in meeting with people you work with and while the leader says “This year is going to be […]
Originally Published in Tumblr 2011 I don’t really know why, but I am back to blogging again and my topics are all based on this thing called leadership, for the moment. We are put here for so many reasons. Some […]
Originally Publish in 2010 in Tumblr When I worked in schools the hardest thing I can remember learning didn’t have to do with students, discipline, parents, faculty or staff. It honestly had to do with me. If you are a […]