I remember it as if it was yesterday – I was sitting in a large conference room, the lone charter school founder, among nine members of...

How to find Leadership Besties for Accountability: 👩‍❤️‍👩 Do you know why Weight Watchers or working out with a personal trainer works?...

The best legacy that I left when I stepped down as the CEO of my school, was the leadership team. I had 11 people who served in a variety...

There will be a time when you know you want to move up in your organization. When you feel ready, do the following: ✅ Let your supervisor...

Today I was binge-watching a show called George Saves the Day. PSA: You should watch it it is great but prepare to cry. George completes...

When I started as an administrator I had big goals and even bigger plans. What I didn't anticipate is that I needed the buy-in of others...

So, it turns out it is not always about the children. Yup, you read that correctly, it is not always about the children. That is the...

Why I do what I do/Why I love what I am doing now: I have fully retired as the CEO of the school that I started. I had many, wonderful...

I know many of you are thinking Work-Life Balance HA, there is no such thing. I assure you it is a thing and something you should have....

When I wrote my first book I chose the title "Do you Want to Be a Superintendent" and my subtitle "Become the Leader You Were Meant to...

How to feel like you have enough time to be consistent: Isn’t this the million dollar desire. 🎯 ​ So, here’s the deal- there never is...

I know as educational leaders sometimes it feels like it is either our work or our family but it does NOT need to be that way. There ARE...

One of the biggest mistakes I find that new leaders make is to try to control things too tightly. Because they are so new to the role...

Meeting just for meeting's sake. If you are in this group then you are a busy person and you totally feel me! If you are planning on...

As Educational Leaders we are bombarded with "got a minute" and fires to put out all over the place. You MUST find time to block out the...

Many of us are setting resolutions for the upcoming year and I think one of the most important things we can do as educational leaders is...

How you respond when someone calls you out for a mistake makes a difference and says a lot about you as a person and as a leader. The...

I opened up my website in preparation to start blogging again and I realized that I haven't updated my blog in a full year... A YEAR! The...

It's finally here, the new year. I'm not going to lie, 2020 was a struggle for me too. Life as I knew it was upended in ways that I never...

Your people need a few things from you right now but they just don’t know how to tell you so I will do it for them. The first thing they...