Surprise!

Colleagues,
 
MVP: Tracking everything you do for a few days can yield some powerful insights.
 
For the next few weeks I’m guiding a cohort of assistant principals (APs) on a five-stage adventure going from urgent to strategic leadership and I heard some cool things that you might want to think about.
 
Last Thursday we had our debrief of Stage 1: Urgent Leadership.
 
The challenge for the week was to track everything that the APs did each day and to think about where those things fell in the Eisenhower Matrix. You can download a copy and description of the matrix here.
 
Three things jumped out to the APs:

• They do a lot each day, and they hadn’t fully realized how much they do.
• There were some things that they didn’t need to be doing.
• Some of the things that took large chunks of time were related to systems and structures within the schools.

 
Today’s intention: Consider tracking all you do, even if only for today. You might be surprised at what you find.
 
Cheers!

Frederick