Welcome to  March 2020 Monday Moanin Thoughts. Hopefully this will be a positive and productive week for you and your staff.  Positive and productive are always challenging during the month of March and coming up with an idea or focus for this blog is no different. After some reflection, I am posting five excerpts from my previous 342 Monday Moanin Thoughts. Hopefully they will  be timely and helpful as you begin your week.

From May 31,2015 #160

One thing is certain, there are no easy answers during this difficult time. However, I would emphasize and remind you that Leaders Don’t Hide!  It is critical to fight the invitation to disappear. When your organization is hurting it is important to be hopeful and I believe you can do this without acting Pollyanna. You can be respectful without cheerleading. You can be supportive without trying to fix things for people. You can be a listener and fight the urge to be a nervous over-talker. You need to be present in order to be compassionate.
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Welcome to the first Monday and MMT of January, 2020. As you prepare for 2020 consider using a Ken Blanchard suggestion. Blanchard often refers to the following questions; what are you going to start doing, stop doing , and keep doing? Since we are beginning a new year, let’s focus on what you want to keep or continue doing in 2020. Listed below are ten suggestions about what you may want to keep doing in your practice as you begin the week. They are: Read more

It is hard to believe that we are a few days away from Thanksgiving 2019. This Holiday arrives at a perfect time. In Michigan, since August students and staff’s have been hitting the school year hard without any time off. The past several weeks have truly been a grind. As a result , it has been a challenge to be positive and find the good stuff.  Thanksgiving Day changes that. It is the time that most people reflect on gratitude and being thankful for those gifts that are important in their lives. This week,  make it a daily practice to reflect on those things we are grateful for!  Read more

Happy last Monday in October 2019 and welcome to a night edition of Monday Moanin Thoughts. A big thank you to my son Paul of Data Driven Design for fixing my website and getting me back on track.  A few weekends ago I was with my family in Traverse City for our annual northern Michigan trip. Though a little wet, it was a spectacular time. The colors were beautiful, the air was crisp, the weather still cooperated, the food was great, and our day trip up Mission Pointe was a highlight. The winery’s were not bad either. Read more

Happy first Monday Moanin of Fall 2019. Leadership is a relevant and hot topic. Visit any online magazine like Flipboard  and you will find several articles and blogs filled with opinions of how to build a better organization. After reviewing several authors in preparation for this post, I decided to focus on three practical and rather unique areas of leadership. As a school leader, focusing on a few of these areas will certainly enhance your performance. Have a productive week by being intentional on the following 3 C’s. Read more