What leadership looks like!

Colleagues,

One thing I teach school leaders to do is to leverage Power Hour, which is the first hour of the school day. Power hour starts when students begin entering the building and ends some time during the first set of classes.
 
Power hour emphasizes:

1. Greeting
2. Meeting
3. Seating

 
It is a bit of a gimmick as there is nothing magical about the first hour of the day, but leaders who have implemented power hour report great success. Why?
 
Power hour works because it describes explicit behaviors. For example:

• Smile and radiate positivity and optimism.
• Greet each student with a positive statement as they walk into school.
• Tell teachers something specific you heard or saw related to best teaching practice.

 
These behaviors aren’t anything special, but the explicit and concrete call to action helps people to implement. 
 
There are two lessons here:

1. Identify the concrete behaviors that help you lead well and implement them.
2. Teach those concrete behaviors to others.

 
Do good and be well,
 
Frederick