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Colleagues,
I attended a music event at a small venue in West Asheville last weekend. I thought it might be a good place for my incredible son-in-law Ranford Almond to play at, so I approached the manager and asked about how people got booked in. She pointed me to a poster on the wall and a QR code. No interest, no questions, no investment. I was a task, and she completed the task by sending me to a piece of paper. Please, this week, as busy as you are, remember that strategic leaders prioritize people, not tasks. BTW, I use Ranford’s hit Old Soul as the theme song for the podcast. If you haven’t heard it, you should listen. It will make you smile. Cheers! Frederick
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Colleagues,
In the entrepreneurial world we talk about the difference between working in your business and working on your business. In your business is the creation and delivery portion. It is things like writing my emails, recording podcasts, delivering training, writing contracts. Working on the business is about making the business better. It is things like building processes, reflecting, strategic planning, and evaluation. You can run a business without this stuff, but not efficiently. Is corporate, non-profit, and educational leadership any different? You can work on the delivery, but if you don’t develop your people and systems, you aren’t likely to improve your outcomes. Cheers! Frederick Colleagues, Yesterday’s conversation with Washington State’s 2024 Assistant Principal of the Year, Heidi Fagerness, was wide-ranging and one of the less-talked-about items we hit on was how you should act at conferences. Our list included:
I’m happy to acknowledge Kaleidoscope Adventures as a sponsor of yesterday’s episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast! I appreciate their support and encourage you to connect with them if you are thinking about planning a school trip!  Cheers!
Fredericks Colleagues, Hope-centered leadership. What is that? Principal Heidi Fagerness used the term to describe her leadership on today’s episode of The Assistant Principal Podcast. She talks about looking for the things she wants to see, and our conversation has left me asking questions of myself:
How would you answer these questions? Thanks again to IXL for sponsoring today’s episode.  Cheers!
Frederick Colleagues,
I’ve gone deep into the research on change and, like you, have lots of personal experiences that add to my understanding of the process of leading change. Based on some experiences with leaders I had last week, I am beginning to rethink how we bring change to our organizations. I’ll dig into this more in the future, but what if we didn’t “do” change at all? What if all we did was listen to people and then help them try and solve their problems? What would that look like? Cheers! Frederick |
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