I recently had a coaching conversation with a client who brought up the topic of working with negative teachers. You might have one, two, or even a handful of teachers on your campus who tend to be exceptionally negative. Do you know how to approach them in these instances?

Whether they often complain, whine, vent, or gossip, as principals, it’s very common to find yourself getting sucked into their negativity. You might get fired up in your judgments of them, wondering why they’re ruining your school, or thinking they should be more positive, and before you know it, you’re spewing negativity too. 

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As a school leader, do you feel comfortable asking for the help you need? There is a stigma around asking for help, like there’s a societal opinion that it’s somehow shameful. Someway, we created this norm that it’s not okay to ask for help, so it’s time to unpack this stigma so you can start asking for what you need.

Why don’t you want to ask for help? We have an inherent belief that we can and should be able to figure things out on our own. I struggled with this for the longest time, but there was one simple thing that flipped the switch for me, and I’m sharing it with you in today’s episode.

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The desire to be in charge of and oversee absolutely everything is an extremely common one for new school leaders. But eventually, we learn that not only is it not sustainable, but we reach a point where we no longer feel that need to micromanage every little thing anymore. 

Whether you’re a first-year school leader or a veteran, the art of delegation is a vital skill we all need. As a capable, high-achieving leader, your brain loves to offer so many reasons delegating is a waste of time or not worth bothering with. However, if you currently don’t delegate and you want to grow your impact, influence, and legacy as a visionary leader, I invite you to reconsider. 

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I speak to a lot of principals who say they’re 100% committed to the work of school leadership and their vision. However, the truth is, commitment wavers based on situations at hand and our thoughts and feelings about them. So, we’re committed until we’re not. But what you really need here is conviction.

If you want to be an effective school leader, you need conviction, and you need a team that embodies conviction too. So, in this episode, I’m showing you how to start creating the kind of conviction that transforms you and your whole school.

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What is a solution? The easiest reply to this question is, a solution is the answer to a problem. So, let’s go deeper. Where do solutions come from? Our brain is what generates solutions; new ideas that solve for a problem. So, how can you leverage your brain’s power to come up with solutions? That’s where the Solution Cycle comes in.

Thoughts create solutions, and what we spend time thinking about impacts the solutions we generate. What we believe is possible or impossible determines the level of solution we are able to offer our schools, so this week, I’m showing you a way of thinking that generates a different approach in coming up with solutions.

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