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I recently attended a somewhat long and somewhat productive meeting debriefing all of the complex issues in holding a professional development event for 250 people.  On the long ride home, my colleagues  and I discussed and debriefed the actual meeting.  We agreed that it was essential to have all of the stakeholders (chair-people from facilities, Read the full article…

There is no doubt that Nick Gledich deserves to be named one of Edweeks “Leaders to Learn From.”  Nick is a believer.  He believes in doing the right things right. He also believes that one of his primary responsibilities is to optimize the utilization of resources to increase achievement.  He considers the members of his Read the full article…

“When I am getting ready to reason with a man, I spend one-third of my time thinking about myself and what I am going to say – and two-thirds thinking about him and what he is going to say.” – Abraham Lincoln Think back on unsuccessful recommendations that you or others may have made.  There Read the full article…

A well-known quote from President Theodore Roosevelt exhorts: “It’s not the critic who counts; not the man who points out how the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds could have done them better.  The credit belongs to the person who is in the arena.  Whose face is marred with dust and sweat Read the full article…

So, it is that time.  The dawn of a new year.  We are going to make our resolutions (or, as the latest AT&T commercial says – “revolutions”) for the New Year.  So what does that really mean?  Oh – we are going to lose weight (survey says the #1 resolution each year).  Or – exercise Read the full article…

What characteristics make a great principal? The Wallace Foundation has published research that gives us a look at what school leaders can do to significantly improve the teaching and learning in their schools.  This brief synopsis barely does justice to the breadth and width of the research, but it can point “inquiring minds” to the Read the full article…

Before medical students get too deeply entrenched in their studies, they are presented with several cautionary nuggets of advice. My favorite is “if you hear hoofbeats behind you, look for a horse…not a zebra.” Obviously, the temptation to assign an exotic diagnosis to a patient is seductive for the novice practitioner-it sort of proves that Read the full article…

Don’t get me wrong – we have had some amazing family vacations!  Each one has precious and unforgettable moments.  But there are also those conflict-laden moments when I wonder why I ever thought this would be such a great idea.  Over the years, though, those family conflicts have taught me some things: People cannot listen Read the full article…

What a day!!! First, realized my phone was charging in my car – at the airport parking lot in Ohio and I was on a plane for  Philadelphia.  Of course that just topped the fact that the plane was delayed, connection would be missed and (to add insult to injury) arrival found that the  luggage Read the full article…

It is raining and dreary this morning and my newspaper was delivered soaking wet.  Initially I intended to call the newspaper office and have our account credited. But when my problem was heard with uninterested response from a seemingly disengaged employee, I surprised myself by saying, “Had the delivery person used a plastic sleeve…at a Read the full article…