How to find Leadership Besties for Accountability: 👩❤️👩
Do you know why Weight Watchers or working out with a personal trainer works? 💪 It's about accountability. Leadership can be a very...
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Leadership Tips For Educators
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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How to Block Out the Noise
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...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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Can't Wait to See You
Today is the day! At 1:00 grab a cup of coffee or tea, shut your door, turn off your radio, silence your cell phone and join me and other...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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One More Day!
Act now before it's too late! One more day to register for our one-hour, closed-door event. Register here. All registrants will receive a...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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You Don't Want to Miss This
Only TWO DAYS LEFT to register for our one hour event where Donna Marie shares her biggest secrets on how she helps her sister...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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I have been where you are right now
Before I retired as the CEO of the charter school I founded, I was that brand new principal who was like, “holy cow, I have all these...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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How to Effectively Build Credibility in Your Market
Read my latest feature on News Week Expert Forum here to find out my insights on 15 strategies to improve credibility within your market....
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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Leadership Team Case Study - How I Helped Unify a School’s Leadership Team
Here was the problem: - The school had disjointed leadership. The staff was 100% mission-driven and committed to the students but lacked...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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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 and fulfilling roles in education since I started in...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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What Work-Life Balance Looks Like For Me Now
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. ...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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The Toughest Leadership Lesson I Ever Learned
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...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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Things busy people hate...
Do you know what BUSY people HATE? Meeting just for meeting's sake. If you are reading this then you are most likely a busy person and...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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How to NOT Sacrifice Your Family to Lead Your School or District
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...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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Letting Go: How to Trust Your Team
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...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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When you are misaligned with your mission and your values...
You will be exhausted... Stressed out... You might see it manifest physically and emotionally... This creates a domino effect where the...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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3 Things to STOP doing RIGHT NOW if you want to WORK LESS and get MORE DONE
✅✅✅ 1. Stop doing other people's work. So I was the queen of swooping in and doing other people's jobs. I am all about efficiency and at...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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Do You Actively Monitor Your People?
Let's talk about monitoring your people 📈 What is the best way to do this exactly❓❓ ✖ Start with backward mapping, let your staff know...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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New Podcast Alert!
Special thanks to Dr. Darrin Peppard for having me on his podcast, A Road to Awesome, for a second time. Airing live on October 2nd, 2022...
Donna Marie Cozine, Ed.D.
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What Drives and Motivates Your Leadership?
What are your current passion projects? 📑🔖 What drives and motivates you most as a leader? Drop your response in a comment below! 👇👇...
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