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    Timeout for Leadership-your one-minute leadership idea The Principal Coaching Clinic #27 What do you sacrifice for expediency? Answer:  A lot! Yes, expediency is one of the many poisons of excellence.  (Other poisons include, but are not limited to: complacency, laziness, and apathy.)  If you choose the expedient way, you will likely lose. Probably the biggest…

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    Timeout for Leadership-your one-minute leadership idea The Principal Coaching Clinic #26 Where does “your buck” stop? On his desk President Harry Truman had a wooden sign which said “The Buck Stops Here.”  I am sure we have all heard about it.  My question for you today is where does your buck stop? (It may be…

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    Timeout for Leadership-your one-minute leadership idea The Principal Coaching Clinic #25 Your new teachers and new staff have started their jobs.  Now what? Your school year has started and your students have been in school now for at least several weeks.  You had a pretty good start.  Of course, there were some busing issues and…

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