It’s April, and this month’s topic is one of my favorites, and something that I feel isn’t discussed enough in our world –money.
Money is such a huge part of our lives, personal and professional. As a school leader, sure, we talk about allocating budgets and salaries and spending to get the best for the kids in our schools. But as a principal, there’s something lacking about the conversations we have around money mindset.
Of course, for some people, money is tricky to talk about. Some of us grew up in an environment where we didn’t talk about money because we had none, or maybe you were taught not to show off because you had plenty. Either way, as a result, money and how it makes us feel has become a kind of icky subject to broach.
I’m wrapping up the theme of human resources this month with a humdinger for you guys; dealing with conflicts on your staff when staff come to you with a problem, when you hear about it through the grapevine, and when their problem is with you, their leader.
It’s getting to the time when you’re mapping out what your staff will look like come the start of the next school year. Last week was all about how to let staff go responsibly and with both parties’ best interests in mind. In this episode, I’m sharing some recruitment tips to increase the chances that you don’t have to fire anyone next year!
We’re into March, which means we’re starting a new theme on the podcast for this month. For the next few weeks, we’re going to be looking at the mindset and execution of the human resources aspect of your job as a principal.
Throughout February, we’ve been discussing self-coaching and I really hope you’ve taken some valuable information out of this month’s topic. Today, we’re rounding it off by taking everything I’ve shared this month and working on applying it to the other people in your life.
Over the past few weeks, I’ve been covering the process of self-coaching in great detail for all of you. With this knowledge, it can feel a bit like I’m sending you off into the world and that the rest is up to you. Well, to be honest, that would be crazy.
Last week, we looked at the self-coaching strategy of doing a brain drain – transferring all of your present thoughts onto paper as a method of helping you identify where the drama is in your mind around a certain topic. But what happens when we don’t like the thoughts that we identify?
