TregoED Blog — Building Leadership Capacity

“Let us turn our thoughts today to Martin Luther King…” I love the James Taylor song “Shed a Little Light” and his call to: “recognize that we are bound together in our desire to see the world become a place in which our children can grow free and strong” That is what the drive for Read the full article…

Anyone who golfs knows the importance of follow-through.  Follow through is crucial to drive the ball to the target.  So, too, is follow-through by leadership, without it we will often fall short of our goals. How many commitments – large or small – do we make in a day? Do we have a 100% success Read the full article…

ESSA State plans are in – it’s time to get to work! Many will focus on the end result through accountability goals and assessment – but not necessarily on finding root cause for why expectations are not being met. Lasting and effective change is possible when we look at the data to identify true cause.  Read the full article…

By now you are back from summer road trips, travels or staycations.  Memories of flight delays, flat tires, whining young ones and unimpressed adolescents are rapidly fading.   These travel hassles can be all-consuming.  But once handled, they are soon forgotten.  We are left with the good memories,  breathtaking scenery, crackling campfires, and shared experience.   The Read the full article…

Don’t you love the pharmaceutical commercials these days, the drug relieves pain, but there is a long, long list of dreadful side effects that goes by in a flash.  Not all side effects, however, are bad.  I cannot imagine that the side effects of sharing leadership skills with anyone can be anything but positive.  The Read the full article…

Chances are that you, like me, have spent countless hours playing and/or observing youth sports.  Undoubtedly you have seen a wide range of coaching styles – and noticed their effect on outcomes on and off the field.  A lot of what is true for coaching pint-sized players can be applied not only to older players, Read the full article…

We talk a lot about collaboration these days… it is even identified as one of the 5 C’s required for all kids to succeed.  We know it is important, we’ve been saying “two heads are better than one” for decades, but are we practicing what we preach?  I bet that there are some fine examples Read the full article…

Soft Skills: Evidence shows: Spend a Little, Gain a Lot!

There’s something about the term “soft” skills that sounds “less than” – something less important or real than that which is “hard” – think evidence, news, work, etc. But this is a misconception -it’s often the “soft skills” (e.g. teamwork, problem-solving, decision-making, communication, self-awareness) that differentiate leaders and allow them to excel. When a leader Read the full article…

2016 BBT Awards for Strategic Excellence in Education

“Great things are not done by impulse, but by a series of small things brought together.” Vincent Van Gogh The Benjamin B. Tregoe Awards for Strategic Excellence in Education honors TregoED districts who achieve excellent results through the collaborative use of TregoED processes. Changing the way things are done and opening up the decision-making process Read the full article…

In a recent Forbes article, “7 Leadership Skills Most Managers Lack,” the author asserts that not only has today’s workplace changed – so have the expectations and needs of employees.  Centralized, autocratic leadership doesn’t work anymore – people (and here is a shocker) “want to be included and respected at work.”  If this is a Read the full article…