Author: Nelson Coulter No, there’s not a contest or tournament which results in declaring who the World Champion Leader is. Yet, those of us in leadership roles typically long to be viewed as exemplars of the craft. IF, however, such a contest existed, at the very top of the list of determinant criteria would reside a powerful attractor: Respectfulness. Everyone wants to …

Author: Nelson Coulter Organizational dysfunction or inertia is typically the result of subversive behavior on the part of some members of the organization (either a few of ’em or a lot). Assuming that we are voluntary members of organizations that have worthy and noble intentions, what are some ways we — you and I — can be better team members, …

Author: Shavan R. Galindo, Lytle Primary School Principal For most of us No is the last thing we want to hear, especially as we progress through our career. In this, my twentieth year in education all the No’s led me to where I am today. I started my career in education in the very small town I grew up in, …

Author: Shelly Slaughter, Superintendent Cumby ISD So often I can get caught up in all the things that I have to do and who I have to be, and I completely forget my why and the things that truly make life worth living. The people around us and the relationships we have with those people are my why. In order …

Author: Nelson Coulter Learning has ALWAYS been personal. Even when we were sitting in lecture halls with hundreds of others, whatever learning we took out of the experience was personal. We either owned it, or we didn’t. Governmental insistence over the last several decades, through standardization and accountability measures, implies that learning occurs en masse. It does not, and it never has. …