Leadership
Habits that Inspire
In our January ezine, you learned about Pete Zafra, a personal development blogger whose goal is to inspire as he teaches. Recently his blog caught my attention as I love to compare my best habits to other professionals. His latest blog offers eleven habits for having a complete and successful life. I’d love to continue…
Read MoreHabits for Internal and External Success
There is something so hopeful about starting a new year. New possibilities, new plans, new dreams. In our districts and schools, we are looking at our goals and monitoring where we are in the journey to reach them. We are looking to the finish line. And just as we begin to see the flags of…
Read MoreWhat Makes Exceptional Leaders
One of my favorite authors on leadership is Dan Rockwell. He is known as the “Leadership Freak.” Recently Dan wrote information that seemed perfect for this time in the school year – when things seem overwhelming and stressful. The question for leaders might be, taking a frequent question from the medical director in the TV…
Read MoreThe Team Believes!
Remember the Believe Sign? It’s Grown in Strength! Take a look at this image from the Ted Lasso TV Series. Ted put the sign up and at first the team did not respond in a positive manner. Rather, many made snide remarks about it. Now look. All team members are touching the sign. They believe!…
Read MoreBELIEVE – Thank You, Ted, for the Reminder
Okay, I admit it. I’m a big fan of The Ted Lasso series on Apple, even though I do wish they would have omitted lots of the explicit language, which was almost never spoken by Ted, as well as all the R rated scenes. And yet, there are so many powerful messages in this series…
Read MoreSchool Transition Reflections
It’s hard to believe another school year has come to an end. Years ago, the summer was a time to slow down and have time for thoughtful planning, teamwork for writing or designing instruction, going to professional learning and lots of interviews and hiring great people. Today is a new time for leaders, for many…
Read MoreCoach Leader or Professional Coach? What is the Difference and Why Does it Matter?
The mission of Results Coaching Global (RCG) is and has always been to support school leaders in being more confident, competent, and courageous as they lead self and others to higher levels of results. In this day and time, that means building and growing a thinking culture where everyone is committed to being an active…
Read MoreMore Productive Meetings: Outcome Oriented Goals
AGENDA ITEM OUTCOME ORIENTED GOALS Parent Conferences To know and understand the purpose & goals of parent conferences, date(s) and timeframe Duty To share, discuss and understand the expectations for the duty schedule Summer School To outline the summer school schedule, identify courses and teachers needed and determine next steps Budget To discuss and accept…
Read MoreOutcome Driven Meetings
In part one, I shared that scientists at Harvard have learned two things about meetings: 1) a good meeting has an agenda 2) an agenda alone is not enough to run an effective meeting. Security expert, Bruce Schneier coined the term “security theater” to describe security measures that make people feel more secure without doing…
Read MoreHappy New Year 2023
Greetings 2023 and all the meetings and “to do” lists just waiting for you to complete and celebrate! As we begin a new year, another divine message came to me recently that I immediately knew I had to use and share. You know we always say coaching does take time but everything else take more…
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