• Leadership

    Timeout for Leadership-your one-minute leadership idea Tip Sheet #50 Losing the locker room, losing the school. We are now three weeks into the new NFL season and we already are starting to read about coaches that may be “losing the locker room.”  When that talks starts, the team and the coach is in trouble.  And

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    Timeout for Leadership-your one-minute leadership idea Tip Sheet #49 Politics anyone????   I really enjoy mentoring new principals.  It is amazing seeing how much they grow over a two-year period.  Yet I marvel at their naivete. They do not realize that they have entered a political arena where only the strong will survive. Schools tend

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    Timeout for Leadership-your one-minute leadership idea Tip Sheet #48 Can you coach energy? Yesterday I entered into a philosophical debate with a mid-level manager about a person’s energy level.  This manager was lamenting the fact that she was just given a new hire that seemed to lack all energy.  Unfortunately, this manager was not part

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