Month: August 2018

Thoughts On Loyalty

August 26, 2018 Education Leadership Life
In last week’s colorfully titled blog post, I shared a little bit of the story about how I ended up in my current role as a high school administrator. Today, I’d like to share another big chunk of that story, and I want to tie it in to a really…

Be Willing to Eat Sh….

August 19, 2018 Education Leadership Life
  That probably isn’t the type of quote that you have grown to expect from my blog. It’s certainly more colorful than what I am used to sharing. However, when I heard Ryan Holiday say that on Ryan Hawk’s podcast, The Learning Leader Show, I knew I was going to…

Two Great Examples of Seizing an Opportunity

August 12, 2018 Education Leadership
A couple of months ago, I got an email from someone I had never met before. Cissy, the woman who sent the email, is one of the counselors of a brand new high school that will be opening its doors for the first time four days from now. She was…

Leaders Lead

August 6, 2018 Education Leadership
I was sitting in one of those big, round-table interviews, and there were about 8 district-level administrators firing questions at me. This was the 3rd and final round of interviews to get into the coveted “administrator pool,” and I was feeling pretty confident. I had performed admirably in the first…