Hello, my empowered principals! I hope you’re relaxed, enjoying your summer vacation, and maybe planning for the start of the new school year (or maybe not just yet!). Having some well-deserved time off is a good period to consider some major questions about your leadership and the way you approach your job, and I’m kicking it off in this episode!
As a leader, feedback and criticisms are something you’re going to experience fairly frequently. How you deal with these, however, is completely up to you. It’s easy to get caught up in the cycle that is people pleasing, but today I explore the difference between the feelings of guilt and shame and how they can be entirely optional!
Does giving your alone-time make for a job well done? We can feel like our boss demands more of our waking hours than we really need to give, and we go along with it for fear of looking uncommitted. The same thing can happen with our friends and family, creating an obligation that doesn’t lead us to more productivity or better relationships.
As the school year is about to break for summer and holidays are around the corner, I’ve been thinking about all the changes that have been going on in my life. Today, I share a recent experience I had with a long-time friend and how our conversation sparked this week’s episode.
As an educator, you spend your time running around after students and teachers alike, sometimes it can be difficult to take a step back and really acknowledge the amazing work you do and how it makes you feel. Well, it’s the end of the year – you made it! You’ve been a school leader for the whole year and now is the time to sit back and reflect on a job well done.