Archive for June 2020
More to read … Equity … and Crisis Leadership
More … to Read THREE timely sections of great reads this month: Current Books ♦ Equity ♦ Crisis Leadership. A brief note about what I found compelling in each. CURRENT Reads: Start Finishing: How to Go from Idea to Done by Charlie Gilkey | 2019 How to ideas on setting up projects. No more than 5 big…
Read MoreRacial Equity – Act Now
Racial Equity – 7 Action Steps Nationally, we are asking, Will this time be different? Will we embrace the challenge to think differently, talk differently, do differently? I hope so. News media are reporting that now more than ever before well over half of all Americans believe change is needed to overcome institutional racism and…
Read MoreLeadership Language
Review of: Leadership is Language: The hidden power of what you say … and what you don’t … by L. David Marquet Navy Captain Marquet (author) took his submarine, the Santa Fe, from worst to first – in both performance and morale. “This did not happen,” he says,”because I leaned harder on the officers and crew. …
Read MoreDecision Making in Uncertain Times
Decision Making in Uncertain Times Education depends on tradition. Making change is hard work and time consuming. As one famous quote says “Change has as its enemy all those who have done well under the old system and has as lukewarm friends those who might do well under the new.” Reopening School With COVID-19, change…
Read MoreConnect and Communicate
Connect, Connect, Connect In uncertain times connect OFTEN … even when you feel like you have nothing to say. In times of change everyone is uncertain, on edge, fearful. If you don’t communicate, rumors will run rampant. But what do I say, when everything seems to be changing daily? Three phrases to use often ……
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