Want to be a hit at an award ceremony in your honor? Smile, shake hands, credit your team and sit down.

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.

Solutions are available today to help with student achievement and parental involvement that benefit everyone involved in education.

Attempting physical intimidation in the midst of a business legal dispute was an unexpected tactic. It surprised me, but it didn’t work.

Wise words from a legendary venture capitalist years ago helped us to remember to focus on what we are learning from our everyday experiences.