Leadership
Standards and Expectations – our roadmap for success!
“Quality Learning, Every Student, Every Day!” Every coach leader in South Bend is saying this phrase every day. Think about the power and impact in every conversation. In order to have quality learning every day, what have we defined it to be? Most of us think we know, but is it the same? When researched many and varied…
Read MoreMotivation Moves
What motivates you? What makes you want to get up in the morning and go to work with the desire to “give it all you’ve got” and accomplish great things? What moves you to do things that, at one time in your life, you would have never dreamed you’d be able to do? When it gets…
Read MoreLet’s Talk Motivation
Motivate. Look the word up in a dictionary and you’ll find synonyms like: inspire, stimulate, encourage, persuade, evoke, arouse, and influence. You don’t find the word “threat” in that list. Nor do you see the word “fear”. Those two words are not there because the intent of motivation is to inspire action in a positive…
Read MoreThanks for the Memory
November is the month of giving thanks and as I thought about what to write, Bob Hope’s signature song “Thanks for the Memory” was stuck in my brain. That got me thinking about all the wonderful memories I have acquired over my thirty plus year career in education. Many special events, programs, awards and accomplishments…
Read MoreThe Powerful Language of Leaders
When I think about what it takes to be an effective leader, I revert to my own memories of people and experiences from my personal and professional life. You can probably think of leaders who you have admired over the years and maybe some who missed the mark. For me, communication is an essential skill…
Read MoreThe Power of Our Words
By Linda Gross, ACC “Certain leaders amplify intelligence. These leaders, whom we we have come to call Multipliers, create collective, viral intelligence in organizations. Other leaders act as Diminishers and deplete the organization of crucial intelligence and capability.” – Liz Wiseman from her book Multipliers (2010) Many years ago I worked for a superintendent who…
Read MoreFollow The Leader
As children, one of our favorite schoolyard games was “Follow the Leader”. A child would lead a group of friends by making all sorts of movements with her arms and legs and the rest of us would imitate the leader. We all wanted to be the leader and try to make the silliest face or…
Read MoreChange = Today’s Normal
This year, 2011, can be characterized many ways, but for the description to be accurate it must address the rapid change we all continually face. There’s no way to avoid it! You can try, but that doesn’t work. As a professional you have to plan for and manage change so your students are prepared to…
Read MoreHow’s Your Rope?
Even though our weather is still warm, winter is on the way. Imagine yourself in a blizzard where the snow is falling so hard, and the wind blowing so fast, you can’t see a hand in front of your face. It’s conditions like this that cause farmers living in snow-belt areas to string a rope…
Read MoreOne Person’s Influence…
This month’s blog post is about one of our own – Riva Korashan – who passed away in January after a brief illness with cancer followed by pneumonia. We at Coaching For Results Global are still trying to figure out how best to deal with this sudden and deep loss and we decided that one…
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