Performance reviews and compensation discussions require diplomacy and sensitivity. Staff have long memories about what is said and done.

To see improvement and success for teachers, students, parents and the community, principals must spend years in their role.

Ridding yourself of a problem staff member by giving a false reference is plain wrong for so many reasons. You can’t make the problem someone else’s.

Principals are the key leverage point in a school community to deliver on the vision of success for all students.

No matter what I read – novel, report or plan – I read the conclusion first. I can absorb the material better when I know the ending.

An executive candidate expected to bring his own people on board when he was hired. There were too many negative implications to this wholesale change out of staff, so I said no.