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Many people agree that effectively involving others in organizational improvement can build stronger solutions and enhance stakeholder commitment. However, we often see involvement as being superficial, disingenuous, or mishandled. Important questions an executive leader may ask are: Who should be involved? When should this happen? How do we structure meaningful involvement? 3 Key Questions for Read the full article…

“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…

by Guest Blogger:  Pat Schwarber There are all kinds of decisions facing special education educators every single day.   Time is not the only pressure facing you.  Outside forces, in many cases, create more pressure than the ever dynamic pressure of time.  So, how do you make rational, transparent and defensible decisions?  Take a look at Read the full article…

No successful NFL coach would start the season without making sure that the entire team had a comprehensive understanding of the “game plan”.  Equally important, he would make sure that the players had the necessary skills to succeed. Question:  Do district leaders have a similar responsibility for assuring that the staff is in a position 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…

Making an excellent decision is an often challenging—and sometimes elusive—pursuit.  Many elements must come together to make this happen. So, what’s stopping you? Despite all the compelling reasons to use collaborative decision making, it typically is used less often-and less effectively-than it should be. In theory it sounds compelling. But in practice, it can be Read the full article…

In “The Road Not Taken”, Robert Frost pays tribute to the tantalizing possibilities presented by each of 2 diverging roads –  and the consequences of having to choose just one.  Decision-making can be a bit like that, can’t it?  Making one choice means forgoing another. Choices are often driven by the questions asked – or 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…

Isn’t it interesting when you experience success, it almost always comes from preparation?  When we ‘wing it’ it can be devastating!  But, often preparation requires focus and time. And preparation affects us in so many ways.  Think about the preparation required for a great meal, or the preparation you did when you learned how to drive or Read the full article…

Well, we have all turned our clocks ahead and suffered through the lethargy that missing the one hour of sleep always seems to bring.  And, frankly, despite our moaning and groaning and almost obligatory complaining…most of us are pretty happy to reap the benefit the sacrifice of one hour brings: longer days and the sense Read the full article…