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Learning little-by-little to love our only world on #earthday2017

April 24, 2017

I am not big into resolutions, although I have a goal to challenge myself to get out of my “comfort zone.” As I move into summer 2017, I want to promise myself this: appreciate the Earth’s grandeur as Mary Oliver expresses in her poem, Starfish. while I lay on the rocks, reaching into the darkness, learning…

Blue Ocean or Red Ocean strategy, which leads to lasting innovation?

April 20, 2017

Watch this short video from Harvard Business Review to see an answer to this question! It reveals a way to think about strategy within the context of sustainable innovation in an organization. How is this relevant to schools given that most of us “look the same” or do the same thing? Thoughts?

Learning to #apologize, the art of healing!

April 4, 2017

In K-12 schools, communities composed of intricate webs of student-student, adult-student, and adult-adult social interactions, we tend to expend minimal energy designing or adopting programs that help students and adults navigate complex social interactions. When relationship problems do arise, we handle them in the moment usually with more reactive rather than proactive focus. Of course,…

Adopt five simple strategies to improve your #leadership skills

April 2, 2017

Finished reading a piece by Anthony Tjan (@anthonytjan) in Harvard Business Review, 5 Ways to Become More Self-Aware, written in February 2015. He begins the article with the line: You can’t be a good leader without self-awareness. While he doesn’t actually reference the work of Richard Boyatzis, Resonant Leadership, or the work of Daniel Goldman…

Build #trust to manage resistance

March 19, 2017

One of the salient needs of all human beings is to be in the company of other people. But it’s more than merely being in the presence of others. We crave to be in trusting relationships in which our needs and desires are recognized and appreciated. I think we crave this almost as much as…