TregoED Blog — Building Leadership Capacity

“Nearly all men can stand adversity, but if you want to test a man’s character, give him power.” – Abraham Lincoln Have you ever had a colleague who, once promoted, morphed into an unrecognizable despot?  Or watched someone use their position to pursue a personal agenda at the expense of others? Ever have a manager Read the full article…

There seems to be an unprecedented rate of turnovers in district leadership around the country.  A changing of the guard, so to speak, can lead to consternation and anxiety within any organization.  Ensuring a successful leadership transition is important not only to the stakeholders involved but, because the whole process can create instability, to the Read the full article…

Clarity can Make or Break School Leaders Recently, a colleague suggested that a major impediment to effective leadership was the interpersonal mush that existed in schools.  All of us have experienced how the “mush” of hidden agendas, conflict, personal preferences, bias and the like can make the life of school leaders extremely complex and trying.  Read the full article…

To label anything today as “old school” is to aim it directly into the  physical or virtual “circular file” for most folks under the age of receiving Social Security …but that almost automatic behavior begs the question “Why?” Twenty-somethings, thirty-somethings and those who aim to be “forever young” embrace the new and,often,believe that anything created Read the full article…