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Jumping into your time machine for the 20thCentury, you might want to recruit General Motors or Saturn for a 5,000-person factory. In the 21st Century, you might seek Tesla or Amazon for the same objective. But do you really want to instantly inject a herd of...

My Granddad had a great influence on my life. He and my Grandmother raised two boys during the depression, and it resulted in him becoming what some would say “a very hard man”. His motto was “Better well done than well said-let’s get to work!” I remember...

Leaders have the responsibility of trying to make things better. Almost always, it’s a heavy lift. H ere’s one of my favorite definitions of leadership: The craft of moving others by influencing them to do things they would not do of their own accord, or at a...

“Love, Serve, Lead…#FindYourJoy”, this is something that I have thought about a lot over the past few years.  I have always touted myself as a servant leader, and still believe that my intention is to be a servant leader.  As I continue my readings...

About ten years ago this March, the FISD board took a chance on a young administrator with zero years of superintendent experience and I appreciated the confidence the board had in me to take on this great responsibility of leading such an amazing...

Influence is an interesting dynamic. We can think of it as the act of impacting some sort of outcome through unobvious and often indirect means. The Earth is a physical body, yet it influences weather patterns, seasonal changes, celestial bodies beyond itself. The Sun...

“Clarity of vision will compensate for uncertainty in planning. If you are clear and confident about the destination, you can handle a few detours along the way. If you are unclear about the destination of the journey, even the most sophisticated, well-thought-through...

I recently read The Merit Myth: How Our Colleges Favor the Rich and Divide America by Anthony Carnevale, Peter Schmidt, & Jeff Strohl (2020). My top takeaways: Educational separation and sorting, by race and class, begins in kindergarten. College...

At this time of the year, we usually start making remarks such as, “Where did the school year go?”.   When looking back at the school year, we usually define the year by events and seldom ever in meaningful positive moments. Try it! Hopefully,...

I am currently reading Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, by Dr. Carol Dweck. This book is about how a simple belief in yourself guides you in all aspects of your life. Dweck states this belief actually permeates every aspect of your life. The two mindsets she...