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I am attending the Art of Coaching Annual Conference in Monterey, CA this week. Day 1 included a welcome and keynote from Elena Aguilar and two workshops: (1) authentic leadership and building trust; and (2) principles for coaching principals. In her evening keynote, Elena Aguilar spoke about the four elements we need to embrace if…
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There is an excellent series of six online articles in Harvard Business Review entitled, Poor and Unhappy. In the first article, Time for Happiness written by Ashley Whillans, the author explores the relationship between being content with the time you have to one’s degree of happiness. She writes: Time poverty exists across all economic strata,…
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Today, we lost a “wisdom thinker” of our time. Mary Oliver, nature’s poet, died today at the age of 83 from lymphoma. Having read many of her poems, I can truly say that her poetic brilliance touched my heart, caused me to wonder, stretched my thinking, and made me appreciate all that Earth has to…
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Robert Greenleaf wrote his classic essay on leadership, The Servant As Leader, in 1970. His essay served as a springboard for a new way of thinking about leadership. Unfortunately, in our world today, we see so few leaders who embrace the concept of servant leadership. Greenleaf suggests that the only authentic use of power within…
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In our schools, we move through the year following a tightly scheduled calendar packed with dozens of scripted events that have been the same for what seems like eternity. We design our calendars for 175-185 school days depending upon whether the school is public or private. These calendars have not changes for decades. Our curricula…
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