Monday Moanin Thoughts #219 Get Off To A Good Start By Focusing On These

Happy Final Monday in August 2016. Many of you are busily preparing for your opening staff meeting or are well into the new year. After meeting with several building and district administrators during the month of August, two topics were common during our conversations. Consistency and quality decision-making.  As you embark on a new year , consider focusing on these two areas of  leadership.

Consistency is critical to building trust, providing security and confidence for your students and staff. They know what they can count on from you. As you reflect on the level of your consistency, you can’t help but examine your decision-making.  Before taking action, slow down and pay attention. Most decisions do not have to be done quickly. When you take some time and seek more information, usually a better outcome happens.

So, during September,  put some intentionality on being more consistent and making quality decisions.

Have a great week and keep finding the good stuff.

Quote of the week from Tim Westerburg:

“The first rule of respect is that no one is invisible”