Tag: Leadership

4 People We All Need In Our Lives

February 28, 2022 Leadership Life
Life can be stressful, and it can be difficult to navigate all of the challenges that come our way. That’s why relationships are so important, and it is why I wanted to share with you the four different people we all need in our lives. To be clear, I did…

7 Beliefs Shared by Excellent Organizations

January 21, 2019 Leadership
Yesterday I finished reading In Search of Excellence: Lessons From America’s Best-Run Companies  by Tom Peters and Robert Waterman. Tom was interviewed by Ryan Hawk on The Learning Leader Show, and after listening to that interview, I decided the book would be worth reading even though it was first published in 1982.…

Is Culture More Important Than Winning?

October 7, 2018 Coaching Education Leadership Life
A couple weeks ago, Joe Ferraro asked this question on Episode 59 of the “One Percent Better Podcast.” Is culture more important than winning? The answer that Joe gave was simple, “One hundred percent yes.” Joe then went on to add a few thoughts about why he believes this. I absolutely…

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…