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Colleagues, MVP: Nothing great happens by accident – be intentional! Have you ever sat down with the National High School Assistant Principal of the year? I have! And you can listen to our conversation today on The Assistant Principal Podcast. The single most important thing I took away was about intention. Being intentional about relationships, intentional with teachers, intentional with students, and intentional with the community. Thanks again to IXL for sponsoring today’s episode!  Cheers!
Frederick
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Colleagues,
MVP: #7 - Create psychological safety for innovation. This one is easy to overlook. Safety is not just needed for innovation, but also for basic growth. To grow, we need to try new things, and that involves risk. When people don’t feel safe, they don’t take risks. How can we foster psychological safety?
Being vulnerable: I’m struggling to come up with fresh ideas for the daily email, so I asked ClaudeAI to generate a list of the 25 key actions for leadership. I will use ClaudeAI’s words for the MVP and everything else will be my take on the idea. I’ll cover the top ten over the next few weeks. Counting down backward of course! Cheers! Frederick Colleagues,
Shout out to the remarkable Dr. Pam Buskey, who is turning the page on a new decade of life and a new career tomorrow! I love you 💗 💗 💗 MVP: #8 - Build diverse teams with complementary strengths. So funny – I wrote about the benefits of having diverse leadership a couple weeks ago. Four leadership styles (based on DiSC):
Imagine a team where everyone was the same style:
What style are you? What styles are your team? If you want a simple free version of DiSC to use with your team let me know and I will share it with you. Being vulnerable: I’m struggling to come up with fresh ideas for the daily email, so I asked ClaudeAI to generate a list of the 25 key actions for leadership. I will use ClaudeAI’s words for the MVP and everything else will be my take on the idea. I’ll cover the top ten over the next few weeks. Counting down backward of course! Cheers! Frederick Colleagues,
MVP: #9 - Hold people accountable with compassion. I actually did a whole podcast episode on this! Dr. Nate Regier was my guest on episode 143 in July, 2023 (link). Confronting negative performance can be difficult, but allowing someone to underperform is not compassionate! What is compassionate: Helping someone grow because it will help them enjoy their job more. I want a teacher to learn better classroom management because it will allow them to find more joy and meaning in their career, not only because it is good for kids. This is also an example of leading with empathy (yesterday’s topic). Being vulnerable: I’m struggling to come up with fresh ideas for the daily email, so I asked ClaudeAI to generate a list of the 25 key actions for leadership. I will use ClaudeAI’s words for the MVP and everything else will be my take on the idea. I’ll cover the top ten over the next few weeks. Counting down backward of course! Cheers! Frederick Colleagues, MVP: When we communicate to people we see, value, and hear them, they feel more meaningful. There is an ethical weight which comes with leadership. Heavier than the ethical obligation to follow the law is our obligation to care for those over whom we hold power. We could even argue that caring is the core function of leadership. People are our purpose, and when we see people (and know their stories), when we value them, and listen, we are affirming they matter. Mattering is such an essential element of caring. Yesterday’s podcast guest, Dr. Chris Culver not only discusses caring, he also models it. This is an episode that will leave you feeling good. I hope you join us. 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!
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